Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20120112 From: dembicky@apo.nmsu.edu Date: Fri, 13 Jan 2012 14:01:33 +0000 (UTC) Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Thursday, January 12, 2012 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- A.Kowalski J.Wisniewski DIS 23:00 01:00 G.Wallerstein G.Wallerstein Echelle 01:00 06:40 INST SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B D B ---------------------------------------------------------------- UW01/R 17:26 00:10 3.7 1.9 0 0 0 1.2 0 0 UW17/R 00:10 06:57 0 0 0 0 0.0 6.8 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: J.Dembicky Clouds kept us closed until 23:00. UW17 gave an first hour of their time to UW01 tonight. MIrror covers again refused to close in the morning in auto mode. closed in manual. 13:45:15 ------- 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 00:04 dis-slit 320( -578) -14 57 -4.4 -4.0 -3.8 -3.9 -4.8 -- 1.50 02:07 ECHELLE 580(-1431) 122 63 -4.7 -5.2 -4.8 -5.2 -5.3 ND2 1.10 ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:00 30 12 6 199 (SSW) 502 mstly cldy none 17:00 26 10 6 186 (S) 708 mstly cldy none 18:00 26 -7 6 190 (S) 224 mstly cldy none 19:00 22 11 6 236 (SW) 523 mstly cldy none 20:00 25 2 3 235 (SW) 244 mstly cldy none 21:00 25 0 1 207 (SSW) 301 mstly cldy none 22:00 23 -1 8 198 (SSW) 330 ptly cldy none 23:00 23 2 4 244 (WSW) 466 ptly cldy none 00:00 23 3 4 256 (WSW) 427 ptly cldy none 01:00 23 2 10 343 (NNW) 392 ptly cldy none 02:00 23 0 13 354 (N) 321 clear none 03:00 23 -1 22 22 (NNE) 321 clear none 04:00 23 -6 13 23 (NNE) 293 clear none 05:00 26 -10 23 32 (NNE) 235 clear none 06:00 26 -12 13 66 (ENE) 145 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: 1.9.4