Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20120815 From: alaina@apo.nmsu.edu Date: Thu, 16 Aug 2012 11:41:40 +0000 (UTC) Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Wednesday, August 15, 2012 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- S.Ballard S.Ballard DIS --:-- --:-- J.Darling J.Darling DIS --:-- --:-- INST SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B D B ---------------------------------------------------------------- UW03/R 19:56 01:10 5.2 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0 0 CU01/R 01:10 06:19 4.3 0.9 0 0 0.0 0.0 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: A.Shelden Bradley Night completely lost to clouds and nearby radar returns. Had singing whales in the afternoon, but Fritz signed on to help fix it. Now it's back to the old configuration. ------- 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:00 77 44 8 257 (WSW) 1135 ptly cldy none 17:00 77 44 5 205 (SSW) 1093 ptly cldy none 18:00 71 41 12 270 (W) 951 cloudy none 19:00 68 45 10 153 (SSE) 1201 cloudy none 20:00 65 45 9 178 (S) 1191 cloudy none 21:00 65 44 7 174 (S) 1333 mstly cldy none 22:00 66 44 7 177 (S) 1349 mstly cldy none 23:00 65 44 1 206 (SSW) 1299 cloudy none 00:00 64 44 16 144 (SE) 1066 cloudy none 01:00 64 43 6 184 (S) 1187 cloudy none 02:00 64 43 11 190 (S) 1116 cloudy none 03:00 64 42 14 205 (SSW) 863 mstly cldy none 04:00 63 42 10 181 (S) 908 cloudy none 05:00 61 43 13 153 (SSE) 852 mstly cldy 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