Date: Sat, 14 Jul 2012 12:58:46 +0000 Subject: [35m-nightlogs] 3.5m Night Log 20120713 From: Nicholas Ule Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Friday, July 13, 2012 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- D.York C.Grady DIS 20:22 01:10 D.York C.Grady DIS 01:10 02:58 C.Gray C.Gray ECHELLE 03:17 05:52 INST SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B D B ---------------------------------------------------------------- UC01/R 20:22 01:10 0 0 0 0 4.8 0.0 0 0 UC01/R 01:10 03:57 0 0 0 0 1.1 1.7 0 0 NM06/R 03:57 05:57 0 0 0 0 0.0 2.0 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: N.Ule A large flare heading toward Venus prompted the NM06 program to trade nights with the scheduled observers for the second half, including Apollo. 1st half had some light cloud coverage, 1st observers managed to finish early and allowed NM06 some more time for observations. ------- 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 20:15 GFP 50( 370) 211 66 14.6 17.0 17.4 16.5 15.0 4900 1.20 02:27 ECHELLE 403( -687) 147 65 13.3 12.9 13.4 13.0 13.0 ND4 0.60 ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:00 67 40 15 61 (ENE) 637 mstly clr none 17:00 66 40 10 88 (E) 583 mstly clr none 18:00 67 40 5 64 (ENE) 627 mstly clr none 19:00 64 39 13 85 (E) 580 mstly clr none 20:00 61 38 13 88 (E) 628 clear none 21:00 58 41 14 83 (E) 743 clear none 22:00 58 42 15 87 (E) 878 mstly clr none 23:00 57 43 11 97 (E) 815 mstly clr none 00:00 57 42 13 114 (ESE) 869 mstly clr none 01:00 57 42 14 118 (ESE) 848 mstly clr none 02:00 57 41 10 131 (SE) 848 mstly clr none 03:00 57 40 12 144 (SE) 828 clear none 04:00 56 40 12 137 (SE) 808 clear none 05:00 56 40 16 133 (SE) 788 clear none 06:00 56 39 11 122 (ESE) 815 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