Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20120607 From: alaina@apo.nmsu.edu Date: Fri, 8 Jun 2012 11:31:30 +0000 (UTC) Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Thursday, June 07, 2012 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- S.Ballard S.Ballard TSPEC 20:00 01:05 J.Wisniewski J.Wisniewski Echelle 01:06 04:20 J.Wisniewski J.Wisniewski DIS 04:32 05:19 INST SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B D B ---------------------------------------------------------------- UW05/R 20:19 01:10 0 0 0 0 2.8 2.1 0 0 UW04/R 01:10 04:46 0 0 0 0.7 0.0 2.9 0 0 UW12/R 04:46 05:46 0 0 0 0 0.0 1.0 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: A.Shelden Trained a new observer, Sarah Ballard. Had to correct pointing on echelle. Lost about 45 minutes. Otherwise productive night. Tspec was well behaved. ------- 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 21:06 TSPEC 143( 699) 125 24 18.3 19.5 19.7 18.9 17.4 -- 2.00 00:15 ECHELLE 381( -499) 233 48 18.2 16.7 17.1 16.4 16.9 Clear 0.90 03:34 dis-slit 346( 546) 2 26 16.6 16.5 17.2 16.6 16.5 -- 1.40 ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:00 73 31 15 290 (WNW) 1067 clear none 17:00 74 33 16 219 (SW) 1003 clear none 18:00 74 31 7 213 (SSW) 1045 clear none 19:00 71 28 18 238 (WSW) 1112 clear none 20:00 67 24 11 262 (W) 855 clear none 21:00 65 21 11 248 (WSW) 782 clear none 22:00 66 21 6 257 (WSW) 752 clear none 23:00 65 21 12 262 (W) 561 clear none 00:00 65 21 9 252 (WSW) 454 clear none 01:00 64 21 9 241 (WSW) 494 clear none 02:00 64 20 7 249 (WSW) 782 clear none 03:00 64 19 7 221 (SW) 614 clear none 04:00 63 20 5 297 (WNW) 542 clear none 05:00 62 19 5 266 (W) 526 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