Date: Sun, 8 Jan 2012 13:16:49 -0000 (UTC) Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20120107 From: mcmillan@apo.nmsu.edu Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Saturday, January 07, 2012 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- W.Bhatti W.Bhatti SPIcam 17:30 23:58 T.Murphy R.McMillan APOLLO 00:05 01:05 G.Wallerstein G.Wallerstein Echelle 01:10 06:10 INST SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B D B ---------------------------------------------------------------- JH01/R 17:21 00:10 0 0 0 0 0.0 6.8 0 0 DD01/R 00:10 01:10 0 0 0 0 0.0 1.0 0 0 UW17/R 01:10 06:58 0 0 0 0 0.5 5.3 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: R.McMillan Clear, mostly good seeing. One crash of TUI, otherwise everything worked perfectly. ------- 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 19:00 SPICAM 445( -2) 29 53 1.4 1.7 1.9 1.2 1.1 R 1.04 02:29 ECHELLE 591(-1128) -52 53 0.2 0.3 0.8 0.4 0.2 ND1 1.31 ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:00 38 15 7 257 (WSW) 630 clear none 17:00 36 14 12 245 (WSW) 936 clear none 18:00 35 15 14 237 (WSW) 804 clear none 19:00 35 14 19 231 (SW) 577 clear none 20:00 36 15 18 256 (WSW) 675 clear none 21:00 35 14 16 266 (W) 674 clear none 22:00 35 13 15 269 (W) 613 clear none 23:00 34 14 13 261 (W) 937 clear none 00:00 35 14 15 253 (WSW) 653 clear none 01:00 33 14 12 262 (W) 675 clear none 02:00 32 14 10 243 (WSW) 667 clear none 03:00 32 14 11 245 (WSW) 660 clear none 04:00 30 15 12 272 (W) 725 clear none 05:00 30 17 10 266 (W) 891 clear none 06:00 29 17 10 253 (WSW) 895 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