Date: Mon, 15 Oct 2012 12:24:30 +0000 Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20121014 From: Nicholas Ule Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Sunday, October 14, 2012 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- B.Balick K.Kwitter DIS 18:39 06:00 INST SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B D B ---------------------------------------------------------------- UW07/R 18:39 06:59 0 0 0 0 12.3 0.0 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: N.Ule Clear skies to begin, cloud began to start causing problems around 2200. But we remained on sky the whole night. ------- 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 18:59 dis-slit 496( 412) 92 60 7.6 11.9 10.2 12.8 8.9 Empty 1.60 ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:00 55 29 11 272 (W) 461 clear none 17:00 54 28 3 205 (SSW) 383 clear none 18:00 52 26 5 219 (SW) 457 clear none 19:00 46 27 10 74 (ENE) 473 clear none 20:00 43 28 12 85 (E) 533 clear none 21:00 44 27 7 96 (E) 492 ptly cldy none 22:00 44 27 9 92 (E) 507 ptly cldy none 23:00 42 28 13 76 (ENE) 502 ptly cldy none 00:00 43 28 17 66 (ENE) 485 ptly cldy none 01:00 49 19 0 202 (SSW) 157 ptly cldy none 02:00 46 26 5 5 (N) 287 mstly cldy none 03:00 47 19 2 110 (ESE) 165 mstly cldy none 04:00 48 17 5 174 (S) 89 mstly cldy none 05:00 46 22 8 180 (S) 227 ptly cldy none 06:00 45 25 8 179 (S) 258 ptly cldy 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