Date: Wed, 29 Aug 2012 11:13:17 -0000 (UTC) Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20120829 From: ashugart@apo.nmsu.edu Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Tuesday, August 28, 2012 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- M.Klaene A.Shugart, A.Bradley, R.McMillanX 18:45 01:10 M.Klaene A.Shugart, A.Bradley, R.McMillanX 01:10 04:50 INST SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B D B ---------------------------------------------------------------- EN01/R 19:41 01:10 0 0 0 0 0.0 5.5 0 0 EN01/R 01:10 06:28 0 0 0 0 1.8 3.6 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: A.Shugart, A.Bradley, R.McMillan Used all of our time. Had a productive night. See emails for details. ------- 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 20:14 GUIDER 218( 475) 60 38 14.0 15.2 15.1 14.8 13.8 clear 1.90 23:54 SPICAM 294( 369) 338 56 12.2 12.1 12.5 11.9 11.8 SDSS r 0.80 00:34 ECHELLE 370( -745) -72 39 12.2 11.8 12.3 11.8 11.7 ND 2 1.26 02:18 dis-slit 386( 299) 328 47 11.7 11.6 12.1 11.7 11.8 -- 1.30 23:54 SPICAM 294( 369) 338 56 12.2 12.1 12.5 11.9 11.8 SDSS r 0.80 00:34 ECHELLE 370( -745) -72 39 12.2 11.8 12.3 11.8 11.7 ND 2 1.26 02:18 dis-slit 386( 299) 328 47 11.7 11.6 12.1 11.7 11.8 -- 1.30 03:01 AGILE -1300(-1868) 314 81 12.0 11.5 12.0 11.5 11.3 SDSS r 0.72 ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:00 64 35 6 358 (N) 833 clear none 17:00 64 35 7 4 (N) 863 clear none 18:00 63 35 8 84 (E) 891 clear none 19:00 60 39 7 85 (E) 1127 clear none 20:00 58 41 1 187 (S) 1285 clear none 21:00 57 42 1 221 (SW) 1589 clear none 22:00 56 39 7 104 (ESE) 1407 clear none 23:00 55 37 10 102 (ESE) 1289 clear none 00:00 54 38 11 112 (ESE) 1081 clear none 01:00 54 38 9 112 (ESE) 984 clear none 02:00 53 39 9 94 (E) 1067 clear none 03:00 55 36 6 23 (NNE) 1075 clear none 04:00 53 37 8 39 (NE) 1049 clear none 05:00 54 35 12 46 (NE) 1145 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