Date: Sat, 29 Dec 2012 14:00:23 -0000 (UTC) Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20121228 From: "Alysha Shugart" Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Friday, December 28, 2012 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- D.York D.York Echelle 17:00 00:20 J.Bally J.Bally TSpec 00:20 05:20 G.Wallerstein G.Wallerstein Echelle 05:23 06:50 INST SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B D B ---------------------------------------------------------------- UC01/R 17:14 00:10 0 0 0 0 0.4 6.5 0 0 CU05/R 00:10 05:30 0 0 0 0 0.0 5.3 0 0 UW13/R 05:30 06:56 0 0 0 0 0.0 1.4 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: A.Shugart Clear night. No 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 19:13 ECHELLE 577(-1581) -22 44 -8.3 -8.5 -8.1 -8.5 -8.6 -- 0.88 00:30 TSPEC 590( -335) -103 49 -8.1 -8.7 -8.2 -8.4 -8.4 -- 0.96 05:35 ECHELLE 642(-1343) 320 52 -3.2 -4.9 -4.4 -4.9 -3.8 -- 1.28 ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:00 18 7 12 4 (N) 0 clear none 17:00 17 7 9 327 (NNW) 0 clear none 18:00 16 7 5 328 (NNW) 0 clear none 19:00 17 7 11 353 (N) 0 clear none 20:00 18 7 18 339 (NNW) 0 clear none 21:00 18 7 10 6 (N) 0 clear none 22:00 17 8 11 345 (NNW) 0 clear none 23:00 17 9 12 352 (N) 0 clear none 00:00 18 0 4 2 (N) 0 clear none 01:00 17 0 6 334 (NNW) 0 clear none 02:00 18 -3 14 24 (NNE) 0 clear none 03:00 21 -22 11 36 (NE) 0 clear none 04:00 27 -17 5 181 (S) 0 clear none 05:00 28 -17 2 201 (SSW) 0 clear none 06:00 25 -19 5 185 (S) 0 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