Date: Mon, 8 Oct 2012 12:36:36 -0000 (UTC) Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20121007 From: "Alysha Shugart" Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Sunday, October 07, 2012 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- R.Wyse G.Ruchti Echelle 18:55 01:03 B.Williams B.Williams DIS 00:57 06:35 INST SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B D B ---------------------------------------------------------------- DD03/R 18:48 01:10 0 0 0 0 5.2 1.1 0 0 UW02/R 01:10 06:54 0 0 0 0 0.0 5.7 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: A.Shugart Good weather. Uneventful, productive night. B. Williams finished cals early, but he also started early, so was able to make use of all his allotted time. ------- 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 20:32 ECHELLE 263( -997) 222 75 8.5 9.6 9.7 9.4 8.3 ND3 1.15 01:10 dis-slit 381( 161) 318 43 9.3 8.9 9.3 9.1 9.1 -- 1.08 ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:00 52 23 14 307 (NW) 303 clear none 17:00 55 24 10 279 (W) 313 clear none 18:00 54 25 6 267 (W) 264 clear none 19:00 48 25 7 330 (NNW) 343 clear none 20:00 48 24 7 278 (W) 325 mstly clr none 21:00 47 26 6 262 (W) 372 mstly clr none 22:00 49 27 11 269 (W) 443 clear none 23:00 49 29 5 260 (W) 599 clear none 00:00 50 28 8 261 (W) 446 clear none 01:00 49 28 9 265 (W) 433 clear none 02:00 48 29 7 269 (W) 427 clear none 03:00 47 29 4 225 (SW) 431 clear none 04:00 47 30 12 237 (WSW) 505 mstly clr none 05:00 46 31 12 251 (WSW) 524 mstly clr none 06:00 47 31 10 252 (WSW) 501 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