Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20120214 From: alaina@apo.nmsu.edu Date: Wed, 15 Feb 2012 12:07:38 +0000 (UTC) Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Tuesday, February 14, 2012 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- P.Szkody A.Mukadam Agile --:-- --:-- J.Wisniewski A.Kowalski Echelle --:-- --:-- B.Keeney B.Keeney SPICAM --:-- --:-- INST SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B D B ---------------------------------------------------------------- UW08/R 17:56 00:10 6.2 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0 0 UW06/R 00:10 01:10 1.0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0 0 CU03/R 01:10 06:38 0.3 5.1 0 0 0.0 0.0 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: A.Shelden Very humid, windy and dusty with occasional flurries/blowing snow. Ran the snow program and did not open. Called it a night at 05:00. ------- 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 29 25 27 222 (SW) 3209 cloudy dust 17:00 29 22 29 240 (WSW) 9397 cloudy dust 18:00 29 21 16 266 (W) 12395 cloudy humid 19:00 27 20 31 245 (WSW) 5253 cloudy humid 20:00 26 20 20 265 (W) 3989 cloudy humid 21:00 22 21 21 271 (W) 5177 cloudy humid 22:00 22 18 25 266 (W) 2161 cloudy lt snow 23:00 21 14 25 272 (W) 907 cloudy humid 00:00 20 14 21 266 (W) 936 cloudy humid 01:00 18 17 36 283 (WNW) 1325 cloudy humid 02:00 18 17 32 263 (W) 911 cloudy humid 03:00 17 15 38 260 (W) 1059 cloudy humid 04:00 16 15 23 275 (W) 2424 cloudy humid 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: 1.9.4