Date: Sun, 29 Jan 2012 13:50:01 -0000 (UTC) Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20120128 From: mcmillan@apo.nmsu.edu Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Saturday, January 28, 2012 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- M.Gladders M.Gladders DIS 18:00 00:05 A.Verbiscer A.Verbiscer SPICam 00:15 06:45 INST SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B D B ---------------------------------------------------------------- UC01/R 17:40 00:10 0 0 0 0 1.1 5.4 0 0 UV01/R 00:10 06:52 0 0 0 0 6.7 0.0 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: R.McMillan Clear all night, seeing poor during first half and gradually improving second half. Everything went smoothly. ------- 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 18:11 dis-slit 624( 40) -75 40 -0.3 1.6 0.5 1.4 0.1 - 2.30 00:28 SPICAM 432( -108) 348 75 2.3 0.2 0.7 0.5 1.1 R 1.50 ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:00 35 19 7 328 (NNW) 636 clear none 17:00 34 17 4 348 (NNW) 638 clear none 18:00 32 16 16 23 (NNE) 401 clear none 19:00 31 8 16 8 (N) 320 clear none 20:00 31 -10 19 16 (NNE) 478 clear none 21:00 31 -14 17 11 (N) 365 clear none 22:00 33 -13 10 8 (N) 156 clear none 23:00 33 -14 20 24 (NNE) 156 clear none 00:00 34 -12 9 20 (NNE) 393 clear none 01:00 35 -11 2 344 (NNW) 367 clear none 02:00 36 -11 2 318 (NW) 272 clear none 03:00 33 -12 8 3 (N) 276 clear none 04:00 32 -14 9 29 (NNE) 295 clear none 05:00 32 -13 11 16 (NNE) 313 clear none 06:00 35 -12 8 3 (N) 428 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