Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20121117 From: alaina@apo.nmsu.edu Date: Sun, 18 Nov 2012 12:27:53 +0000 (UTC) Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Saturday, November 17, 2012 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- T.Murphy R.McMillan APOLLO --:-- --:-- M.Fumagalli K.Lee DIS --:-- --:-- INST SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B D B ---------------------------------------------------------------- UW12/R 17:09 18:09 0 1.0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0 0 PU03/R 18:09 06:28 9.2 3.1 0 0 0.0 0.0 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: A.Bradley Night was completely cloudy with occasional spurts of rain. We did not open. Russet did some laser tests at the beginning of the night. ------- 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:00 42 34 16 256 (WSW) 111 cloudy lt rain 17:00 42 34 16 261 (W) 91 cloudy none 18:00 42 33 15 266 (W) 125 cloudy none 19:00 42 33 12 238 (WSW) 153 cloudy none 20:00 42 33 17 232 (SW) 230 cloudy none 21:00 41 31 19 210 (SSW) 371 cloudy humid 22:00 41 32 15 232 (SW) 423 cloudy none 23:00 41 31 13 237 (WSW) 440 cloudy none 00:00 40 32 12 224 (SW) 602 cloudy humid 01:00 40 33 15 211 (SSW) 543 cloudy none 02:00 40 34 16 237 (WSW) 433 cloudy none 03:00 39 35 16 238 (WSW) 567 cloudy lt rain 04:00 39 35 18 252 (WSW) 556 cloudy lt rain 05:00 38 37 15 241 (WSW) 4064 cloudy lt rain 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