Date: Fri, 20 Apr 2012 12:16:52 -0000 (UTC) Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20120419 From: mcmillan@apo.nmsu.edu Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Thursday, April 19, 2012 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- A.Verbiscer A.Verbiscer SPICam 22:50 01:08 S.Anderson A.Mukadam Agile 01:13 06:00 INST SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B D B ---------------------------------------------------------------- UV01/R 19:45 01:10 3.1 0 0 0 2.3 0.0 0 0 UW08/R 01:10 06:19 0 0 0 0 4.6 0.5 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: R.McMillan Heavy clouds and nearby virga at the start of the night, thinning out after 10 pm. Seeing was initially poor but improved to moderate during second half. Everything worked well. ------- 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 22:02 SPICAM 256( 339) 281 47 11.1 12.0 12.5 12.2 11.2 r 1.96 00:17 AGILE -1225(-1819) 245 33 9.9 10.1 10.6 10.0 9.7 BG40 1.50 ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:00 60 16 17 261 (W) 1749 ptly cldy none 17:00 59 17 6 265 (W) 1956 ptly cldy none 18:00 57 15 24 250 (WSW) 1889 mstly cldy none 19:00 55 12 13 267 (W) 2011 cloudy none 20:00 54 12 21 264 (W) 3184 cloudy none 21:00 53 14 17 265 (W) 7653 cloudy none 22:00 53 16 6 337 (NNW) 2425 mstly cldy none 23:00 52 18 9 1 (N) 1932 ptly cldy none 00:00 51 20 8 356 (N) 2061 clear none 01:00 50 21 10 8 (N) 2254 clear none 02:00 48 25 19 21 (NNE) 2694 clear none 03:00 47 20 13 25 (NNE) 3351 clear none 04:00 46 20 19 8 (N) 3178 clear none 05:00 44 21 13 34 (NE) 2891 clear none 06:00 44 22 14 14 (NNE) 2740 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