Date: Mon, 22 Oct 2012 12:38:12 -0000 (UTC) Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20121021 From: "Alysha Shugart" Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Sunday, October 21, 2012 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- T.Murphy R.McMillan APOLLO --:-- --:-- M.Kasliwal M.Kasliwal DIS --:-- --:-- S.Johnson S.Johnson DIS 03:45 05:05 N.Chanover N.Chanover Agile 05:05 06:20 INST SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B D B ---------------------------------------------------------------- UW12/R 18:31 19:31 0 1.0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0 0 PU02/R 19:31 21:31 0 2.0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0 0 UC03/R 21:31 05:05 3.3 3.0 0 0 1.3 0.0 0 0 NM01/R 05:05 07:05 0 0 0 0 2.0 0 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: A.Shugart N. Chanover began observing with Agile at 05:05 am. She finished at 06:20. The weather kept us closed most of the night, but cleared up enough for some science at the end. ------- 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 04:02 dis-slit 541( 259) -19 43 6.6 7.7 10.3 7.3 6.6 -- 1.77 06:02 AGILE -750(-1521) 79 24 6.1 6.2 8.8 6.2 5.9 MSSSO-r 2.50 ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:00 59 25 18 263 (W) 206 ptly cldy none 17:00 56 26 14 219 (SW) 230 mstly cldy none 18:00 53 30 14 228 (SW) 232 mstly cldy none 19:00 52 29 20 251 (WSW) 268 cloudy none 20:00 50 33 24 267 (W) 810 cloudy none 21:00 46 33 19 266 (W) 1546 cloudy lt rain 22:00 41 37 19 240 (WSW) 956 cloudy lt rain 23:00 46 29 36 211 (SSW) 76 cloudy none 00:00 45 33 22 194 (SSW) 75 cloudy lt rain 01:00 43 35 15 204 (SSW) 110 cloudy none 02:00 44 35 17 227 (SW) 199 cloudy none 03:00 43 33 18 244 (WSW) 228 cloudy none 04:00 44 31 16 259 (W) 236 ptly cldy none 05:00 44 30 17 265 (W) 220 mstly clr none 06:00 43 30 14 261 (W) 186 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