Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20121002 From: dembicky@apo.nmsu.edu Date: Wed, 3 Oct 2012 12:55:55 +0000 (UTC) Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Tuesday, October 02, 2012 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- S.Ballard S.Ballard DIS 18:10 00:55 T.Murphy R.McMillan APOLLO 00:55 02:06 D.Feuillet D.Feuillet ECHELLE 02:06 06:35 INST SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B D B ---------------------------------------------------------------- UW01/R 18:54 01:10 0 0 0 0 1.2 5.0 0 0 UW12/R 01:10 02:10 0 0 0 0 0.0 1.0 0 0 NM07/R 02:10 06:51 0 0 0 0 0.0 4.7 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: J.Dembicky No problems tonight. ------- 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 19:16 dis-slit 750( 771) -104 51 12.7 13.8 12.6 14.1 12.7 -- 1.34 19:52 dis-slit 510( 497) 163 58 13.2 13.3 12.8 13.2 12.7 -- 0.95 21:44 dis-slit 321( 287) 223 68 13.9 13.1 13.4 13.0 13.3 -- 0.81 01:02 APOLLO 400( 1165) 87 36 14.2 13.3 13.8 13.5 13.8 -- 1.50 02:14 ECHELLE 388( -724) 60 70 13.1 12.5 13.0 12.5 12.2 ND3 0.79 ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:00 57 31 13 311 (NW) 367 clear none 17:00 57 29 7 260 (W) 362 clear none 18:00 57 31 13 307 (NW) 437 clear none 19:00 55 32 9 289 (WNW) 504 clear none 20:00 56 32 9 267 (W) 448 clear none 21:00 57 30 10 266 (W) 414 clear none 22:00 58 26 9 252 (WSW) 357 clear none 23:00 57 26 12 228 (SW) 343 clear none 00:00 57 24 5 251 (WSW) 335 clear none 01:00 58 23 11 301 (WNW) 271 clear none 02:00 56 25 13 328 (NNW) 317 clear none 03:00 56 24 1 249 (WSW) 285 clear none 04:00 55 25 9 7 (N) 310 clear none 05:00 54 25 16 325 (NW) 329 clear none 06:00 55 21 15 328 (NNW) 289 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