Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20121030 From: dembicky@apo.nmsu.edu Date: Wed, 31 Oct 2012 13:27:19 +0000 (UTC) Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Tuesday, October 30, 2012 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- C.Blake J.Prieto ECHELLE 18:22 17:22 M.Gladders M.Gladders NICFPS 17:22 01:02 T.Murphy R.McMillan APOLLO 01:02 02:05 K.Hamm K.Hamm, G.Zasowski, DIS 02:15 07:10 Guille INST SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B D B ---------------------------------------------------------------- PU01/R 18:22 19:22 0 0 0 0 0.4 0.6 0 0 UC05/R 19:22 01:10 0 0 0 0 0.0 5.8 0 0 UW12/R 01:10 02:10 0 0 0 0 0.0 1.0 0 0 UV05/R 02:10 07:12 0 0 0 0 0.0 5.0 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: J.Dembicky NICFPS ICS died at around 02:58UT. Computer rebooted itself and ICS needed to be restart. ------- 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 18:32 ECHELLE 650( -478) 219 79 9.7 12.1 10.5 12.6 10.3 ND2 0.74 19:40 NICFPS 398( 761) 251 42 10.3 10.5 10.3 10.4 9.8 Ks 0.58 19:42 NA2gdr -1737(41262) 251 42 10.1 10.5 10.2 10.4 9.8 clear 0.84 01:08 APOLLO 425( 825) 64 60 9.1 7.7 8.2 7.7 7.7 -- 1.60 02:23 dis-slit 347( 47) -2 57 8.1 7.7 8.2 7.8 8.0 -- 1.34 ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:00 52 13 2 236 (SW) 209 clear none 17:00 52 15 11 337 (NNW) 213 clear none 18:00 51 14 9 16 (NNE) 179 clear none 19:00 50 9 5 30 (NNE) 88 clear none 20:00 51 11 8 7 (N) 61 clear none 21:00 47 9 7 353 (N) 92 clear none 22:00 48 13 10 25 (NNE) 174 clear none 23:00 48 14 4 353 (N) 138 clear none 00:00 47 13 3 282 (WNW) 123 clear none 01:00 46 14 1 195 (SSW) 97 clear none 02:00 47 14 8 20 (NNE) 97 clear none 03:00 49 15 6 6 (N) 120 clear none 04:00 49 14 2 13 (NNE) 90 clear none 05:00 48 13 9 17 (NNE) 109 clear none 06:00 49 13 10 24 (NNE) 114 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