Date: Sun, 14 Oct 2012 12:45:34 +0000 Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20121013 From: Nicholas Ule Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Saturday, October 13, 2012 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- B.Balick K.Kwitter DIS 18:40 06:59 INST SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B D B ---------------------------------------------------------------- UW07/R 18:40 06:59 0 0 0 0 11.4 0.9 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: N.Ule Night was clear and seeing was good until about 01:20 when the humidity began rising. ------- 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 18:58 dis-slit 419( 147) 93 59 6.3 8.3 7.8 8.4 6.2 Empty 1.08 01:41 dis-slit 347( -45) 241 72 6.9 6.1 6.5 6.1 6.3 Empty 1.58 ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:00 46 21 16 304 (NW) 153 clear none 17:00 44 21 1 267 (W) 136 clear none 18:00 45 20 12 332 (NNW) 150 clear none 19:00 44 21 12 356 (N) 126 clear none 20:00 44 21 4 356 (N) 106 clear none 21:00 44 21 8 354 (N) 114 clear none 22:00 44 23 13 18 (NNE) 122 clear none 23:00 44 24 8 356 (N) 94 clear none 00:00 43 24 15 21 (NNE) 98 clear none 01:00 43 25 27 26 (NNE) 79 clear none 02:00 44 24 16 47 (NE) 90 clear none 03:00 45 23 16 63 (ENE) 95 clear none 04:00 43 23 18 70 (ENE) 81 clear none 05:00 42 24 21 75 (ENE) 125 clear none 06:00 42 24 15 80 (E) 62 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: 1.9.5