Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20120416 From: dembicky@apo.nmsu.edu Date: Tue, 17 Apr 2012 12:26:36 +0000 (UTC) Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Monday, April 16, 2012 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- C.Gray C.Gray Echelle 18:00 22:00 S.Bickerton S.Bickerton DIS 22:00 23:15 M.Kasliwal Y.Cao DIS 23:15 01:10 J.Darling J.Darling DIS 01:10 06:26 INST SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B D B ---------------------------------------------------------------- NM06/R/D 19:43 22:00 0 0 0 0 2.3 0 0 0 PU03/R 22:00 23:10 0 0 0 0 1.2 0.0 0 0 PU02/R 23:10 01:10 0 0 0 0 2.0 0.0 0 0 CU04/R 01:10 06:22 0 0 0 0 3.1 2.1 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: J.Dembicky ToO program tonight. No problems tonight. ------- 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 18:52 ECHELLE 332(-1008) 23 66 5.1 8.0 7.8 8.1 5.5 ND3 1.10 21:07 dis-slit 387( -52) 79 65 4.8 5.1 5.3 4.7 4.4 -- 0.84 00:16 dis-slit 360( -140) 259 81 4.9 4.0 4.5 3.7 3.8 -- 0.94 ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:00 47 13 16 262 (W) 594 clear none 17:00 46 13 14 322 (NW) 707 clear none 18:00 46 11 15 312 (NW) 820 clear none 19:00 43 11 2 242 (WSW) 886 clear none 20:00 41 12 6 344 (NNW) 791 clear none 21:00 41 10 11 38 (NE) 1006 clear none 22:00 41 11 7 27 (NNE) 980 clear none 23:00 40 12 1 7 (N) 897 clear none 00:00 41 11 2 72 (ENE) 962 clear none 01:00 41 10 1 143 (SE) 913 clear none 02:00 41 10 4 117 (ESE) 975 clear none 03:00 40 11 5 173 (S) 919 clear none 04:00 39 10 5 185 (S) 1026 clear none 05:00 40 9 3 183 (S) 1023 clear none 06:00 39 11 3 186 (S) 1005 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