Date: Wed, 18 Jan 2012 14:30:22 -0000 (UTC) Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20120117 From: mcmillan@apo.nmsu.edu Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Tuesday, January 17, 2012 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- S.Kent D.Tucker,S.Allam, DIS 17:45 23:50 W.Merritt N.Silvestri J.Zhao DIS 23:58 05:40 T.Murphy R.McMillan APOLLO 06:05 06:55 INST SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B D B ---------------------------------------------------------------- UC02/R 17:30 00:10 0 0 0 0 6.7 0.0 0 0 UW16/R 00:10 05:56 0 0 0 0 2.4 3.4 0 0 DD01/R 05:56 06:56 0 0 0 0 0.0 1.0 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: J.Huehnerhoff, R.McMillan Clear skies all night but mediocre seeing. Everything worked well. ------- 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 18:18 dis-slit 388( -197) -53 36 -0.4 1.5 1.6 1.1 -0.2 -- 1.36 20:37 dis-slit 442( -277) 145 63 -1.3 -0.4 -0.2 -0.8 -1.5 -- 2.11 ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:00 37 14 7 258 (WSW) 189 clear none 17:00 34 18 9 257 (WSW) 209 clear none 18:00 30 19 8 261 (W) 248 clear none 19:00 31 20 8 200 (SSW) 210 clear none 20:00 32 21 5 236 (SW) 311 clear none 21:00 33 15 4 254 (WSW) 201 clear none 22:00 31 19 9 223 (SW) 272 clear none 23:00 32 15 6 256 (WSW) 171 clear none 00:00 33 10 10 258 (WSW) 179 clear none 01:00 32 11 14 257 (WSW) 163 clear none 02:00 32 11 14 270 (W) 142 clear none 03:00 32 9 17 292 (WNW) 157 clear none 04:00 33 8 24 300 (WNW) 120 clear none 05:00 32 8 20 304 (NW) 132 clear none 06:00 32 6 11 308 (NW) 81 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