Date: Tue, 13 Nov 2012 12:42:45 -0000 (UTC) Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20121112 From: mcmillan@apo.nmsu.edu Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Monday, November 12, 2012 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- M.Kasliwal M.Kasliwal DIS 17:30 19:30 D.York S.Johnson DIS 19:30 00:10 S.Johnson S.Johnson DIS 00:10 05:40 INST SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B D B ---------------------------------------------------------------- UC01/R 17:12 22:10 0 0 0 0 5.0 0.0 0 0 PU02/R 22:10 00:10 0 0 0 0 2.0 0.0 0 0 UC03/R 00:10 06:23 0 0 0 0 6.0 0.2 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: R.McMillan High clouds for much of the night, enough to slow photon collection but not stop it. Everything worked well. ------- 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 18:41 dis-slit 732( 293) 71 80 3.1 5.2 3.1 5.3 3.4 - 1.40 20:36 dis-slit 421( -134) -21 51 1.8 2.5 2.7 2.3 1.7 - 1.40 ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:00 44 3 1 299 (WNW) 352 mstly clr none 17:00 38 0 7 143 (SE) 483 mstly clr none 18:00 37 0 9 131 (SE) 518 ptly cldy none 19:00 37 -2 12 126 (SE) 196 ptly cldy none 20:00 37 -4 13 172 (S) 83 ptly cldy none 21:00 38 -4 14 179 (S) 53 ptly cldy none 22:00 36 2 14 179 (S) 128 ptly cldy none 23:00 34 9 16 147 (SSE) 357 ptly cldy none 00:00 33 7 20 143 (SE) 382 ptly cldy none 01:00 34 12 18 160 (SSE) 457 ptly cldy none 02:00 34 11 13 180 (S) 591 mstly clr none 03:00 32 6 11 175 (S) 523 clear none 04:00 33 10 9 239 (WSW) 562 clear none 05:00 34 11 7 200 (SSW) 663 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