Date: Sun, 2 Dec 2012 13:09:45 +0000 Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20121201 From: Nicholas Ule Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Saturday, December 01, 2012 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- T.Snow D.Anderson ECHELLE 17:06 06:40 INST SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B D B ---------------------------------------------------------------- CU08/R 17:06 06:40 0 0 0 0 2.6 11.0 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: N.Ule Telescope and observations went fine. ------- 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 17:52 ECHELLE 501( -813) 242 65 6.8 8.4 8.1 8.4 7.0 ND2 0.65 21:31 ECHELLE 415( -983) 66 30 5.6 5.9 6.5 5.9 5.6 Clear 1.04 04:28 ECHELLE 421(-1005) 177 53 6.9 6.1 6.6 6.3 6.1 ND4 0.93 05:25 ECHELLE 391(-1045) 22 53 5.8 5.9 6.4 6.0 5.6 ND4 0.72 05:37 ECHELLE 376(-1048) 29 40 5.7 5.8 6.3 5.8 5.5 ND4 0.80 ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:00 48 6 1 320 (NW) 243 clear none 17:00 46 4 5 297 (WNW) 521 clear none 18:00 45 5 4 331 (NNW) 521 clear none 19:00 44 5 5 321 (NW) 563 clear none 20:00 44 6 6 272 (W) 489 clear none 21:00 44 5 5 257 (WSW) 215 clear none 22:00 42 14 7 232 (SW) 189 clear none 23:00 43 13 8 260 (W) 184 clear none 00:00 43 8 6 200 (SSW) 239 clear none 01:00 44 6 13 198 (SSW) 524 clear none 02:00 44 4 8 258 (WSW) 632 clear none 03:00 44 7 9 213 (SSW) 631 clear none 04:00 44 9 10 231 (SW) 633 clear none 05:00 45 8 7 278 (W) 484 clear none 06:00 44 10 8 268 (W) 462 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