Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20120501 From: dembicky@apo.nmsu.edu Date: Wed, 2 May 2012 12:29:36 +0000 (UTC) Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Tuesday, May 01, 2012 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- T.Murphy R.McMillan APOLLO 19:46 20:34 M.Gladders M.Gladders DIS 20:38 01:04 A.Ritchey A.Ritchey Echelle 01:08 05:58 INST SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B D B ---------------------------------------------------------------- DD01/R 19:54 20:39 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.8 0 0 UC04/R 20:39 01:10 0 0 0 0 0.0 4.5 0 0 UW14/R 01:10 06:06 0 0 0 0 2.5 2.4 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: J.Dembicky ecamera was hung during checkout. Needed power cycle. GFP topped off at 19:40 Russet reported excellent pointing tonight with Apollo. The nightlog focus script timed out when I recorded the Echelle focus at 01:08, I didn't notice until later. ------- 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 18:36 APOLLO 650( 1460) 72 51 14.0 15.5 14.8 15.1 14.2 -- 1.20 19:50 NICFPS 356( 850) -21 56 13.1 13.4 13.6 13.0 12.7 J 0.65 01:08 Echelle 461 ND3 0.80 ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:00 64 20 26 252 (WSW) 2360 clear none 17:00 63 18 17 264 (W) 1621 clear none 18:00 62 17 21 245 (WSW) 1139 clear none 19:00 59 15 22 254 (WSW) 1428 clear none 20:00 56 11 14 265 (W) 1300 clear none 21:00 55 11 21 261 (W) 1202 clear none 22:00 55 12 9 274 (W) 1372 clear none 23:00 54 14 15 263 (W) 1411 clear none 00:00 54 13 14 277 (W) 1469 clear none 01:00 53 13 14 277 (W) 1557 clear none 02:00 53 13 16 272 (W) 1504 clear none 03:00 52 13 13 265 (W) 1422 clear none 04:00 51 15 13 260 (W) 1444 clear none 05:00 50 16 12 272 (W) 1746 clear none 06:00 50 17 9 281 (W) 1841 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