Date: Sun, 23 Dec 2012 13:16:53 -0000 (UTC) Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20121222 From: mcmillan@apo.nmsu.edu Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Saturday, December 22, 2012 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- G.Bakos X.Huang ECHELLE 17:25 04:55 INST SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B D B ---------------------------------------------------------------- PU04/R 17:11 00:10 0 0 0 0 0.0 7.0 0 0 PU04/R 00:10 06:54 2.0 0 0 0 1.9 2.8 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: R.McMillan Varying thin clouds all night, but not enough to prevent observations until they thickened an hour before morning twilight. Everything worked perfectly. ------- 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 17:27 ECHELLE 556(-1068) 251 39 0.7 1.8 1.9 1.6 0.9 ND3 1.05 ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:00 36 22 16 286 (WNW) 324 ptly cldy none 17:00 34 21 15 294 (WNW) 292 ptly cldy none 18:00 33 18 14 317 (NW) 435 ptly cldy none 19:00 34 18 14 308 (NW) 382 ptly cldy none 20:00 35 17 12 311 (NW) 423 ptly cldy none 21:00 36 16 13 300 (WNW) 265 ptly cldy none 22:00 35 15 11 279 (W) 311 ptly cldy none 23:00 36 8 10 294 (WNW) 224 ptly cldy none 00:00 35 9 10 305 (NW) 267 ptly cldy none 01:00 34 7 13 300 (WNW) 230 ptly cldy none 02:00 35 4 9 285 (WNW) 215 ptly cldy none 03:00 36 4 16 290 (WNW) 181 ptly cldy none 04:00 34 17 14 281 (W) 222 ptly cldy none 05:00 35 21 17 281 (W) 185 mstly cldy none 06:00 35 22 12 286 (WNW) 124 mstly 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