Date: Sun, 15 Jul 2012 12:16:20 +0000 Subject: [35m-nightlogs] 3.5m Night Log 20120713 From: Nicholas Ule Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Saturday, July 14, 2012 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- J.Prieto J.Prieto DIS, ECHELLE 20:21 01:01 G.Gyuk M.Hammergren SPICam, TRIPLESPEC01:02 03:37 C.Gray C.Gray ECHELLE 03:39 05:54 INST SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B D B ---------------------------------------------------------------- PU06/R 20:21 01:10 0 0 0 0 4.7 0.0 0 0 UC03/R 01:10 03:45 0 0 0 0 1.9 0.6 0 0 NM06/R 03:45 05:58 0 0 0 0 0.0 2.3 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: N.Ule Night begain fairly well, but the first observer wasn't too happy with the pointing of the echelle. Observing was fine after that. ------- 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 19:59 ECHELLE 546( -316) 118 43 15.5 16.9 17.1 16.3 15.6 clear 1.19 00:58 SPICAM 350( 523) 47 46 14.0 13.8 14.2 13.8 13.8 Z 1.01 02:47 ECHELLE 395( -622) 135 20 13.1 13.0 13.5 13.1 12.9 ND5 1.79 ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:00 67 37 6 91 (E) 523 clear none 17:00 68 35 1 111 (ESE) 530 clear none 18:00 66 37 8 112 (ESE) 521 clear none 19:00 65 33 12 82 (E) 455 clear none 20:00 63 33 13 111 (ESE) 596 clear none 21:00 60 36 13 84 (E) 732 clear none 22:00 59 41 13 101 (E) 1065 mstly clr none 23:00 58 43 14 99 (E) 1306 mstly clr none 00:00 57 43 15 107 (ESE) 1265 clear none 01:00 57 41 14 114 (ESE) 1037 clear none 02:00 57 41 19 99 (E) 1013 clear none 03:00 56 43 16 81 (E) 1246 clear none 04:00 56 45 15 115 (ESE) 1375 clear none 05:00 56 44 12 89 (E) 1309 mstly clr none 06:00 56 42 8 97 (E) 1178 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