Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20120316 From: alaina@apo.nmsu.edu Date: Sat, 17 Mar 2012 12:40:42 +0000 (UTC) Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Friday, March 16, 2012 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- J.Frieman H.Lin, M.Weisner SPIcam 19:21 01:03 G.Gyuk G.Gyuk, M.Solontoi TRIPLESPEC 01:12 06:28 INST SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B D B ---------------------------------------------------------------- UC04/R 19:21 01:10 0 0 0 0 5.8 0.0 0 0 UC05/R 01:10 07:02 0 0 0 0 2.8 3.1 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: A.Shelden Another uber productive night with excellent seeing. No problems to report. ------- 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 19:29 SPICAM 245( 187) 128 84 9.2 9.7 10.0 8.9 8.5 SDSS g 0.89 19:30 NA2gdr -2174(27825) 129 84 9.2 9.7 10.0 8.9 8.5 clear 0.82 00:21 TSPEC 450( 368) -13 53 8.7 8.0 8.4 8.0 8.2 -- 0.75 ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:00 55 12 20 225 (SW) 1025 clear none 17:00 55 14 19 248 (WSW) 866 clear none 18:00 52 10 11 264 (W) 1189 clear none 19:00 51 8 9 249 (WSW) 1152 clear none 20:00 48 4 12 254 (WSW) 1206 clear none 21:00 48 4 13 257 (WSW) 1000 clear none 22:00 48 4 13 265 (W) 968 clear none 23:00 47 4 13 263 (W) 944 clear none 00:00 48 5 15 270 (W) 885 clear none 01:00 48 4 12 263 (W) 845 clear none 02:00 47 4 16 228 (SW) 876 clear none 03:00 45 3 18 243 (WSW) 945 clear none 04:00 45 2 20 239 (WSW) 850 clear none 05:00 43 2 21 232 (SW) 1199 clear none 06:00 43 4 23 238 (WSW) 1198 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