Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20121004 From: dembicky@apo.nmsu.edu Date: Fri, 5 Oct 2012 12:50:34 +0000 (UTC) Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Thursday, October 04, 2012 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- S.Ballard S.Ballard DIS 18:15 00:57 L.Hebb L.Hebb DIS 01:07 07:30 INST SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B D B ---------------------------------------------------------------- UW01/R 18:52 01:10 0 0 0 0 2.6 3.7 0 0 UW04/R 01:10 06:52 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 19:18 TSPEC 373( 748) 48 55 14.4 17.0 16.8 17.3 14.9 Ks 0.90 01:12 dis-slit 346( 295) 247 70 13.5 12.8 13.2 12.9 13.1 -- 1.14 01:15 NA2gdr 2688(24688) 247 69 13.4 12.8 13.2 12.9 13.1 R 0.85 ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:00 65 25 15 187 (S) 431 clear none 17:00 65 24 25 205 (SSW) 418 clear none 18:00 62 22 14 209 (SSW) 388 clear none 19:00 59 21 16 221 (SW) 347 clear none 20:00 58 24 18 224 (SW) 458 clear none 21:00 57 24 23 224 (SW) 398 clear none 22:00 56 24 15 238 (WSW) 387 mstly clr none 23:00 56 25 16 251 (WSW) 387 mstly clr none 00:00 56 25 16 247 (WSW) 408 mstly clr none 01:00 56 24 15 269 (W) 323 clear none 02:00 56 24 15 260 (W) 379 clear none 03:00 55 26 17 265 (W) 314 clear none 04:00 54 25 13 280 (W) 343 clear none 05:00 54 27 20 289 (WNW) 367 clear none 06:00 53 27 16 306 (NW) 331 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