Date: Sun, 1 Apr 2012 12:57:34 -0000 (UTC) Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20120331 From: mcmillan@apo.nmsu.edu Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Saturday, March 31, 2012 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- T.Murphy R.McMillan APOLLO 19:25 20:27 G.Wolf-Chase M.Smutko NIC-FPS 20:30 23:35 A.Ritchey A.Ritchey Echelle 23:50 01:05 S.Gezari S.Gezari DIS 01:10 06:15 INST SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B D B ---------------------------------------------------------------- UW15/R 19:32 20:32 0 0 0 0 0.0 1.0 0 0 UC06/R 20:32 00:00 0 0 0 0 0.0 3.5 0 0 UW13/R 00:00 01:10 0 0 0 0 0.0 1.2 0 0 JH06/R 01:10 06:42 0 0 0 0 3.4 2.1 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: R.McMillan Clear, excellent seeing, no problems, productive night. ------- 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 19:46 NICFPS 385( 795) -70 58 11.1 11.8 12.2 11.5 11.0 Ks 0.61 21:00 NICFPS 435( 808) -84 43 10.7 10.7 11.2 10.6 10.6 2.13 0.64 22:53 ECHELLE 550( -692) -29 67 10.0 10.0 10.5 10.1 9.9 Clear 0.65 ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:00 65 19 20 235 (SW) 2712 clear none 17:00 60 18 13 258 (WSW) 2567 clear none 18:00 60 17 18 261 (W) 2686 clear none 19:00 57 14 12 264 (W) 3010 clear none 20:00 53 13 11 248 (WSW) 2950 clear none 21:00 52 12 11 254 (WSW) 2751 clear none 22:00 51 12 9 242 (WSW) 2826 clear none 23:00 51 12 11 265 (W) 2743 clear none 00:00 50 14 10 262 (W) 2853 clear none 01:00 50 11 8 263 (W) 3024 clear none 02:00 50 10 12 290 (WNW) 3527 clear none 03:00 50 10 8 270 (W) 3251 clear none 04:00 49 11 7 261 (W) 3018 clear none 05:00 48 11 12 265 (W) 2935 clear none 06:00 47 14 12 278 (W) 2674 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