Date: Fri, 10 Feb 2012 13:43:17 -0000 (UTC) Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20120209 From: mcmillan@apo.nmsu.edu Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Thursday, February 09, 2012 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- D.York S.Johnson Echelle 18:00 23:05 T.Murphy R.McMillan APOLLO 23:08 00:10 J.Wisniewski J.Wisniewski Echelle 00:14 01:00 J.Borish J.Borish DIS 01:05 06:40 INST SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B D B ---------------------------------------------------------------- UC03/R 17:52 23:10 0 0 0 0 2.1 3.2 0 0 DD02/R 23:10 00:10 0 0 0 0 0.0 1.0 0 0 UW06/R 00:10 01:10 0 0 0 0 0.0 1.0 0 0 UV05/R 01:10 06:43 0 0 0 0 0.0 5.6 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: R.McMillan Mostly clear aside from a few high clouds first half. Generally poor seeing. Everything worked well, notably the new echelle slitviewer behaving 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 18:30 ECHELLE 500(-1121) -40 74 1.4 2.6 2.4 2.2 1.5 ND1 1.90 23:13 APOLLO 600( 646) 80 41 0.3 0.3 0.8 0.3 -0.1 530 2.50 00:20 ECHELLE 500(-1276) 131 61 -0.7 -0.6 -0.1 -0.7 -1.0 ND1 1.60 ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:00 37 21 12 276 (W) 714 ptly cldy none 17:00 36 22 6 273 (W) 645 ptly cldy none 18:00 35 22 16 321 (NW) 737 ptly cldy none 19:00 35 22 10 330 (NNW) 782 ptly cldy none 20:00 34 20 20 358 (N) 713 ptly cldy none 21:00 35 16 21 7 (N) 372 mstly clr none 22:00 34 15 24 9 (N) 337 mstly clr none 23:00 32 14 11 30 (NNE) 324 clear none 00:00 31 13 5 42 (NE) 340 clear none 01:00 29 15 25 14 (NNE) 524 clear none 02:00 29 9 14 16 (NNE) 309 clear none 03:00 28 7 15 350 (N) 292 clear none 04:00 27 12 7 13 (NNE) 399 clear none 05:00 26 13 7 357 (N) 424 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