Date: Sat, 24 Nov 2012 13:27:16 -0000 (UTC) Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20121123 From: "Alysha Shugart" Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Friday, November 23, 2012 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- K.France A.Youngblood ECHELLE 17:45 00:10 J.Bally A.Youngblood TSpec 00:10 06:25 INST SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B D B ---------------------------------------------------------------- CU04/R 17:07 00:10 0 0 0 0 0.0 7.1 0 0 CU05/R 00:10 06:33 0 0 0 0 3.3 3.1 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: A.Shugart Clear night. No problems. Created a new mask file for Echelle slitviewer. Guiding worked much better. ------- 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 19:07 ECHELLE 693( -706) 25 29 4.4 5.9 4.8 6.1 4.7 ND3 1.79 20:48 ECHELLE 461(-1000) -1 33 5.6 4.8 4.8 4.7 4.6 ND3 0.79 00:47 TSPEC 395( 117) 36 46 5.1 3.9 4.4 3.8 4.2 -- 1.35 ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:00 40 23 6 263 (W) 492 clear none 17:00 42 18 5 4 (N) 270 clear none 18:00 40 14 1 19 (NNE) 106 clear none 19:00 41 17 2 337 (NNW) 146 clear none 20:00 42 17 4 321 (NW) 139 clear none 21:00 41 16 2 335 (NNW) 138 clear none 22:00 41 17 5 189 (S) 171 clear none 23:00 42 16 2 191 (S) 173 clear none 00:00 40 16 2 216 (SW) 165 clear none 01:00 39 17 6 188 (S) 187 clear none 02:00 39 18 3 194 (SSW) 168 clear none 03:00 40 15 6 246 (WSW) 142 clear none 04:00 39 17 3 253 (WSW) 151 clear none 05:00 39 14 6 265 (W) 140 clear none 06:00 40 18 9 323 (NW) 134 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