Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20120817 From: alaina@apo.nmsu.edu Date: Sat, 18 Aug 2012 10:52:49 +0000 (UTC) Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Friday, August 17, 2012 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- A.McKay A.McKay, C.Miller ECHELLE --:-- --:-- 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------- NM02/R 19:54 01:10 5.3 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0 0 CU01/R 01:10 06:21 5.2 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: A.Shelden Bradley, A.Shugart Night was horrible and cloudy and foggy, and we never opened. Showed Alysha the ropes, and trained her on as much as I could while being closed. ------- 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 60 53 7 251 (WSW) 1800 cloudy none 17:00 63 52 7 192 (SSW) 1553 cloudy none 18:00 62 48 6 258 (WSW) 1089 mstly cldy none 19:00 60 48 6 271 (W) 1234 mstly cldy humid 20:00 58 50 4 263 (W) 1387 mstly cldy none 21:00 58 48 3 232 (SW) 1361 cloudy none 22:00 58 48 3 259 (W) 1382 cloudy none 23:00 57 49 4 260 (W) 1442 cloudy rain 00:00 55 52 1 242 (WSW) 773 cloudy lt rain 01:00 54 52 5 258 (WSW) 1377 cloudy humid 02:00 52 52 6 122 (ESE) 6120 mstly cldy fog 03:00 52 52 5 153 (SSE) 10426 mstly cldy fog 04:00 53 53 8 191 (S) 17291 mstly cldy fog 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