Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20121003 From: dembicky@apo.nmsu.edu Date: Thu, 4 Oct 2012 12:29:33 +0000 (UTC) Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Wednesday, October 03, 2012 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- K.Kinemuchi K.Kinemuchi Echelle 18:15 00:13 T.Murphy R.McMillan APOLLO 00:13 01:01 J.Wisniewski J.Wisniewski Echelle 01:03 06:24 INST SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B D B ---------------------------------------------------------------- NM03/R 18:53 00:10 0 0 0 0 1.9 3.4 0 0 UW12/R 00:10 01:10 0 0 0 0 0.0 1.0 0 0 UW11/R 01:10 06:51 0 0 0 0 0.0 5.7 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 19:06 ECHELLE 621( -272) 58 57 15.2 16.7 15.9 16.7 15.8 ND3 1.90 19:26 ECHELLE 582( -336) -95 79 16.2 16.4 16.0 16.3 16.0 ND2 0.52 20:16 ECHELLE 483( -469) -156 75 15.4 15.7 15.8 15.6 15.0 ND1 0.86 00:22 APOLLO 450( 1245) 92 29 15.0 14.6 15.1 14.8 14.4 -- 2.50 01:26 ECHELLE 410( -577) 278 35 14.8 14.2 14.6 14.3 14.3 clear 0.92 ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:00 62 22 7 286 (WNW) 260 mstly clr none 17:00 64 23 13 305 (NW) 227 mstly clr none 18:00 63 23 14 279 (W) 232 mstly clr none 19:00 60 24 9 262 (W) 275 mstly clr none 20:00 60 23 10 238 (WSW) 295 mstly clr none 21:00 59 24 12 254 (WSW) 499 mstly clr none 22:00 58 24 10 264 (W) 489 mstly clr none 23:00 60 22 14 296 (WNW) 378 mstly clr none 00:00 60 20 11 304 (NW) 275 mstly clr none 01:00 59 19 12 330 (NNW) 296 mstly clr none 02:00 58 19 12 28 (NNE) 259 mstly clr none 03:00 59 19 13 350 (N) 278 mstly clr none 04:00 58 19 11 29 (NNE) 281 mstly clr none 05:00 58 21 20 359 (N) 314 mstly clr none 06:00 57 24 18 19 (NNE) 399 mstly clr 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