Date: Sun, 16 Dec 2012 09:10:33 -0000 (UTC) Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20121215 From: "Alysha Shugart" Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Saturday, December 15, 2012 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- E.Levesque E.Levesque DIS --:-- --:-- C.Churchill G.Kacprzak DIS --:-- --:-- INST SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B D B ---------------------------------------------------------------- CU06/R 17:08 00:10 4.1 2.9 0 0 0 0 0 0 NM05/R 00:10 06:50 6.7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: A.Shugart Ice on the dome and lightning arrestors kept us closed all night. Not super cloudy or windy, and little snow fell. Ran snow program until 2 am, when a headache sent me to bed early. I stowed the telescope directly south. ------- 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:00 27 23 10 260 (W) 109 mstly cldy none 17:00 26 23 16 235 (SW) 151 mstly cldy none 18:00 25 22 18 249 (WSW) 125 ptly cldy none 19:00 25 22 17 247 (WSW) 131 cloudy none 20:00 25 22 17 220 (SW) 104 mstly cldy none 21:00 24 22 13 247 (WSW) 118 ptly cldy none 22:00 25 23 18 246 (WSW) 114 ptly cldy none 23:00 25 24 19 232 (SW) 95 ptly cldy none 00:00 26 24 19 236 (SW) 74 mstly clr none 01:00 26 24 16 265 (W) 826 ptly cldy none 02:00 27 24 17 265 (W) 41 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