Date: Fri, 27 Jan 2012 13:46:22 -0000 (UTC) Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20120126 From: mcmillan@apo.nmsu.edu Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Thursday, January 26, 2012 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- T.Murphy R.McMillan APOLLO 17:40 18:35 K.Hamm R.Beaton,K.Hamm, DIS 18:40 23:55 G.Zasowski J.Wisniewski J.Wisniewski Echelle 00:05 00:55 J.Hughes J.Hughes SPIcam 01:10 06:45 INST SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B D B ---------------------------------------------------------------- DD01/R 17:39 18:39 0 0 0 0 0.0 1.0 0 0 UV03/R 18:39 00:10 0 0 0 0 3.0 2.6 0 0 UW06/R 00:10 01:10 0 0 0 0 1.0 0.0 0 0 UW09/R 01:10 06:53 0 0 0 0 5.7 0.0 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: R.McMillan Clear most of the night, light cirrus otherwise. Generally poor seeing, but sometimes better especially out of the wind. The telescope and instruments all 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 17:34 APOLLO 500( 712) 76 50 1.3 3.9 3.8 3.4 1.9 530 2.00 19:14 dis-slit 437( -226) 2 58 -0.1 0.5 1.1 0.3 -0.2 - 3.20 01:19 SPICAM 483( -2) 190 59 2.1 1.1 1.5 1.3 1.5 R 1.00 ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:00 39 18 11 184 (S) 466 clear none 17:00 37 17 15 203 (SSW) 523 clear none 18:00 33 18 14 205 (SSW) 564 clear none 19:00 32 18 18 204 (SSW) 1613 clear none 20:00 35 16 17 231 (SW) 974 clear none 21:00 35 17 13 257 (WSW) 1108 clear none 22:00 36 17 18 258 (WSW) 514 clear none 23:00 34 16 13 264 (W) 456 clear none 00:00 35 16 20 261 (W) 474 clear none 01:00 35 16 16 263 (W) 503 mstly clr none 02:00 35 17 22 280 (W) 652 ptly cldy none 03:00 36 16 19 271 (W) 616 mstly clr none 04:00 35 16 15 316 (NW) 682 clear none 05:00 35 15 20 310 (NW) 615 clear none 06:00 35 17 11 315 (NW) 401 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