Date: Thu, 22 Nov 2012 13:17:53 -0000 (UTC) Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20121121 From: "Alysha Shugart" Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Wednesday, November 21, 2012 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- T.Murphy R.McMillan APOLLO --:-- --:-- M.Kasliwal M.Kasliwal DIS --:-- --:-- D.York D.York DIS 22:10 06:15 INST SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B D B ---------------------------------------------------------------- DD01/R 17:08 18:08 0 1.0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0 0 PU02/R 18:08 20:08 0 2.0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0 0 UC01/R 20:08 06:32 0 2.0 0 0 5.2 3.2 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: A.Shugart Drizzle and clouds kept us closed at the beginning. Opened at 22:10 and worked at 75-80% humidity, with no problems. Kept an eye on telescope temps and weather. ------- 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 23:51 dis-slit 399( -27) 67 60 4.7 5.3 5.9 5.2 4.5 -- 0.97 02:56 dis-slit 350( -100) -49 46 5.1 4.5 4.9 4.6 4.9 -- 1.25 ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:00 44 33 17 202 (SSW) 155 cloudy lt rain 17:00 42 36 10 200 (SSW) 274 cloudy lt rain 18:00 42 36 8 230 (SW) 279 cloudy lt rain 19:00 41 36 7 213 (SSW) 295 cloudy none 20:00 42 33 8 207 (SSW) 177 cloudy none 21:00 42 33 9 189 (S) 153 mstly cldy none 22:00 41 34 12 212 (SSW) 197 mstly cldy humid 23:00 39 36 11 190 (S) 233 mstly cldy humid 00:00 41 36 14 220 (SW) 245 mstly cldy humid 01:00 41 36 14 237 (WSW) 265 ptly cldy none 02:00 41 36 13 272 (W) 319 mstly clr none 03:00 42 35 16 273 (W) 265 clear none 04:00 41 34 14 286 (WNW) 240 clear none 05:00 42 33 14 307 (NW) 237 clear none 06:00 42 32 8 324 (NW) 225 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