Date: Sat, 1 Oct 2011 12:25:44 -0000 (UTC) Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20110930 From: alaina@apo.nmsu.edu Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Friday, September 30, 2011 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- J.Hughes G.Wallerstein SPIcam 19:07 01:06 J.Darling J.Darling DIS 01:20 06:15 INST SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B D B ---------------------------------------------------------------- UW08/R 18:58 01:10 0 0 0 0 3.9 2.3 0 0 CU07/R 01:10 06:49 0 0 0 0 5.6 0.0 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: A.Shelden G.Saurage Sky was clear with decent seeing all night. Very productive. ------- 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 19:40 SPICAM 329( 421) -7 53 9.6 12.3 12.0 12.1 9.9 Strom v 1.36 19:46 NA2gdr 2067(32067) -10 52 9.4 12.0 11.7 11.8 9.8 clear 1.29 01:30 dis-slit 215( 10) 281 82 10.0 9.8 10.3 9.7 9.6 -- 1.07 05:33 dis-slit 207( -49) 67 40 8.6 8.1 8.5 7.8 8.0 -- 1.12 ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:00 56 37 6 262 (W) 3523 ptly cldy none 17:00 55 36 1 206 (SSW) 2301 mstly clr none 18:00 56 37 10 231 (SW) 2332 mstly clr none 19:00 51 35 11 77 (ENE) 2050 clear none 20:00 48 34 11 86 (E) 2168 clear none 21:00 50 32 9 93 (E) 1642 clear none 22:00 50 28 12 116 (ESE) 1046 clear none 23:00 51 24 12 111 (ESE) 578 ptly cldy none 00:00 51 22 10 111 (ESE) 441 mstly cldy none 01:00 51 21 10 135 (SE) 276 ptly cldy none 02:00 49 29 5 144 (SE) 708 clear none 03:00 48 32 4 202 (SSW) 1218 clear none 04:00 48 38 4 184 (S) 1891 clear humid 05:00 49 39 1 182 (S) 1958 clear none 06:00 47 36 4 186 (S) 1672 clear 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: 2.15.0 Current TUI version: 1.9.2