Date: Mon, 26 Nov 2012 13:11:18 -0000 (UTC) Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20121125 From: "Alysha Shugart" Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Sunday, November 25, 2012 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- M.Kaiser M.Morris Echelle, TSpec 17:30 00:10 A.Elia J.Wisniewski Echelle 00:12 06:15 INST SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B D B ---------------------------------------------------------------- JH04/R 17:06 00:10 0 0 0 0 0.0 7.1 0 0 UV02/R 00:10 06:35 0 0 0 0 1.5 4.9 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: A.Shugart Clear night. Clouds rolled in from the east at ~4 am, but no other problems. ------- 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 21:37 ECHELLE 452( -991) 281 51 6.2 5.7 6.1 5.8 6.0 -- 0.87 19:50 TSPEC 428( 216) -44 71 5.9 5.7 6.0 5.7 5.8 -- 1.83 00:33 TSPEC 420( 189) 89 66 5.9 5.3 5.7 5.4 5.4 -- 2.10 21:37 ECHELLE 452( -991) 281 51 6.2 5.7 6.1 5.8 6.0 -- 0.87 00:33 TSPEC 420( 189) 89 66 5.9 5.3 5.7 5.4 5.4 -- 2.10 01:19 ECHELLE 434(-1057) 257 61 5.7 5.0 5.4 5.1 5.3 -- 1.03 05:32 ECHELLE 375(-1095) 92 30 4.9 4.5 5.0 4.6 4.3 -- 1.33 ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:00 45 24 21 295 (WNW) 212 clear none 17:00 43 24 9 267 (W) 283 clear none 18:00 42 25 14 266 (W) 317 clear none 19:00 43 24 10 259 (W) 294 clear none 20:00 43 21 15 271 (W) 305 clear none 21:00 43 17 14 265 (W) 231 clear none 22:00 43 11 20 274 (W) 142 clear none 23:00 43 12 14 276 (W) 110 clear none 00:00 41 11 21 304 (NW) 134 clear none 01:00 43 12 19 307 (NW) 129 clear none 02:00 41 15 19 300 (WNW) 163 clear none 03:00 42 14 15 328 (NNW) 155 clear none 04:00 41 15 16 309 (NW) 168 clear none 05:00 41 15 19 307 (NW) 190 ptly cldy none 06:00 41 15 16 302 (NW) 188 ptly cldy 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