Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20121127 From: dembicky@apo.nmsu.edu Date: Wed, 28 Nov 2012 13:32:45 +0000 (UTC) Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Tuesday, November 27, 2012 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- C.Blake C.Blake ECHELLE 16:20 18:06 J.Wisniewski J.Wisniewski Echelle 18:06 00:10 T.Murphy R.McMillan APOLLO 00:10 01:10 G.Bakos X.Huang ECHELLE 01:10 07:20 INST SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B D B ---------------------------------------------------------------- PU01/R 17:06 18:06 0 0 0 0 0.0 1.0 0 0 UW11/R 18:06 00:10 0 0 0 0 0.0 6.1 0 0 UW12/O 00:10 01:10 0 0 0 0 0.0 1.0 0 0 PU04/R 01:10 06:37 0 0 0 0 0.0 5.4 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: J.Dembicky No problems tonight. ------- 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 18:13 ECHELLE 599( -829) 37 64 4.1 6.3 5.3 6.2 4.1 ND5 0.67 19:10 ECHELLE 549( -950) -119 52 4.0 4.7 4.7 4.4 3.9 ND2 0.64 21:13 ECHELLE 421(-1141) -77 43 2.6 3.2 3.7 3.1 2.8 ND2 0.92 01:13 APOLLO 475( 580) -4 74 2.9 2.1 2.7 2.2 2.1 -- 1.20 02:11 ECHELLE 451(-1153) -48 64 3.5 2.8 3.3 3.0 3.3 ND4 0.66 ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:00 42 19 3 288 (WNW) 159 clear none 17:00 40 19 1 240 (WSW) 154 clear none 18:00 39 20 10 323 (NW) 172 clear none 19:00 39 20 10 323 (NW) 160 clear none 20:00 38 21 6 337 (NNW) 171 clear none 21:00 40 8 7 323 (NW) 66 clear none 22:00 36 20 6 328 (NNW) 203 mstly clr none 23:00 38 20 6 285 (WNW) 183 clear none 00:00 37 19 6 259 (W) 180 clear none 01:00 38 19 7 262 (W) 195 clear none 02:00 37 18 7 266 (W) 192 clear none 03:00 38 18 8 266 (W) 159 clear none 04:00 38 18 7 261 (W) 188 clear none 05:00 40 14 8 262 (W) 139 clear none 06:00 40 21 10 269 (W) 207 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