Date: Mon, 9 May 2011 05:20:52 -0600 (MDT) Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20110508 From: jwhueh@apo.nmsu.edu Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Sunday, May 08, 2011 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- P.Yoachim S.Loebman, M.Spencer DIS 19:40 01:04 J.Prieto J.Prieto DIS 01:08 04:40 INST SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B D B ---------------------------------------------------------------- UW06/R 19:59 01:10 0 0 0 0 0.4 4.8 0 0 PU02/R 01:10 06:00 3.6 0 0 0 1.2 0.0 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: J.Huehnerhoff Moderate seeing first half with clear skies. Clouds moving in at start of second half with full cloud cover by 0200MT. Even though open the entire night no science was possible after 0230MT. No problems with DIS Blue. At time of closing temp was -90.4C and ion pump at 6.2V. ------- FAILURE LOG ------- PROG INST FAILURE MODE TIME (SEDFNVOG) TI/SHU START FINISH DESCRIPTION ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------- FOCUS LOG --------------- Time Instrument Focus Az El Temp Strc Prim Sec Air filt FWHM -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 20:13 dis-slit 333( 267) 158 79 13.6 15.1 14.1 13.6 13.7 -- 1.19 01:15 dis-slit 50( -198) 270 64 10.9 11.2 11.5 11.0 11.0 -- 2.00 ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:00 63 19 28 244 (WSW) 3083 clear none 17:00 65 21 25 261 (W) 3416 clear none 18:00 63 19 20 252 (WSW) 2835 clear none 19:00 60 17 19 254 (WSW) 3126 clear none 20:00 56 12 15 263 (W) 2875 clear none 21:00 56 11 24 240 (WSW) 3166 clear none 22:00 55 9 21 250 (WSW) 2992 clear none 23:00 55 9 24 262 (W) 2902 clear none 00:00 54 9 18 262 (W) 3197 mstly clr none 01:00 52 9 19 262 (W) 3113 mstly cldy none 02:00 51 5 19 254 (WSW) 2879 cloudy none 03:00 50 6 17 261 (W) 2759 cloudy none 04:00 49 6 14 262 (W) 2721 cloudy none 05:00 49 6 14 266 (W) 2901 cloudy none Note: the wind was coming from the azimuth listed. The convention used is north=0 degrees, east=90 degrees. The dust count is particles > 1u per 0.1 cubic feet. TELESCOPE STATUS Telescope drives operational. Current TCC version: 2.14.0 Current TUI version: 1.8.7