Date: Mon, 31 Dec 2012 09:04:45 -0000 (UTC) Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20121230 From: "Alysha Shugart" Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Sunday, December 30, 2012 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- D.Feuillet J.Holtzman ECHELLE --:-- --:-- D.York D.York DIS --:-- --:-- T.Murphy R.McMillan APOLLO --:-- --:-- INST SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B D B ---------------------------------------------------------------- NM07/R 17:16 00:10 2.2 4.7 0 0 0 0 0 0 UC01/R 00:10 05:57 0 5.8 0 0 0 0 0 0 UW12/R 05:57 06:57 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: A.Shugart During cals, echelle was reading out empty images, i.e. 0 values for biases, flats, etc. Called Joe to help me restart the ICC. Fixed the problem. Snow, high winds, and clouds kept us closed all night. Ran snow program until 2 am. ------- 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 32 14 15 211 (SSW) 0 cloudy none 17:00 33 15 13 195 (SSW) 0 cloudy lt snow 18:00 28 25 15 181 (S) 0 cloudy snow 19:00 26 24 18 145 (SE) 1 cloudy snow 20:00 27 27 20 156 (SSE) 0 cloudy snow 21:00 30 30 34 193 (SSW) 0 cloudy snow 22:00 29 28 20 182 (S) 0 cloudy snow 23:00 29 29 38 186 (S) 0 cloudy snow 00:00 25 25 27 203 (SSW) 0 cloudy snow 01:00 24 24 29 217 (SW) 0 cloudy snow 02:00 25 24 26 234 (SW) 0 cloudy snow 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