Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20120220 From: dembicky@apo.nmsu.edu Date: Tue, 21 Feb 2012 13:26:23 +0000 (UTC) Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Monday, February 20, 2012 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- J.Frieman H.Lin, M.Weisner,L.Buckley, SPIcam 16:40 00:01 W.Merrit, S.Allam J.Davenport S.Schmidt DIS 00:10 06:25 INST SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B D B ---------------------------------------------------------------- UC04/R 18:01 00:10 0 0 0 0 6.2 0.0 0 0 UW11/R 00:10 06:32 0 0 0 0 6.0 0.4 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: J.Dembicky Excellent seeing to start the night. 0.67 in SDSS r' Adjusted pointing as requested by my observers during the first half. Clear and productive night. No problems. DIS left on the telescope since my 2nd half observer needed to get cals in the morning. ------- 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 18:46 SPICAM 439( -171) 171 70 -1.7 -1.2 -1.1 -1.5 -2.0 SDSS r 0.67 18:47 NA2gdr 353(30353) 171 70 -1.6 -1.2 -1.1 -1.5 -2.0 R 0.78 00:16 dis-slit 471( -357) 85 58 -1.8 -2.6 -2.2 -2.6 -2.2 -- 1.00 ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:00 30 5 10 336 (NNW) 726 clear none 17:00 30 5 10 334 (NNW) 638 clear none 18:00 29 4 5 326 (NW) 639 clear none 19:00 30 5 11 321 (NW) 658 clear none 20:00 29 8 9 271 (W) 711 clear none 21:00 30 6 10 269 (W) 688 clear none 22:00 29 10 8 236 (SW) 1076 clear none 23:00 29 14 6 261 (W) 1398 clear none 00:00 29 13 8 241 (WSW) 1376 clear none 01:00 31 6 17 221 (SW) 929 clear none 02:00 32 2 14 268 (W) 880 clear none 03:00 32 -1 15 269 (W) 757 clear none 04:00 31 1 10 255 (WSW) 829 clear none 05:00 31 4 10 256 (WSW) 1009 clear none 06:00 30 7 13 265 (W) 1096 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: 1.9.4