Date: Thu, 30 Aug 2012 11:10:48 -0000 (UTC) Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20120830 From: ashugart@apo.nmsu.edu Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Wednesday, August 29, 2012 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- M.Klaene A.Shugart, A.Bradley, R.McMillanX 20:10 01:10 M.Klaene A.Shugart, A.Bradley, R.McMillanX 01:10 05:00 INST SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B D B ---------------------------------------------------------------- EN01/R 19:40 01:10 0 0 0 0 0.0 5.5 0 0 EN01/R 01:10 06:29 0 0 0 0 0.7 4.6 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: A.Shugart, A.Bradley, R.McMillan Mostly clear night with variable seeing. Continued with engineering tasks, details in separate emails. Allowed Guy Stringfellow to take some supernova science for 1 hour, 00:30-01:45. ------- 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 20:27 AGILE -1350(-1711) 57 42 13.4 14.9 15.3 14.5 13.5 SDSS r 2.00 22:04 AGILE -1300(-1776) 250 51 12.9 12.9 13.4 12.8 12.6 ND 2.5 1.60 23:44 dis-slit 375( 346) 19 38 12.9 12.5 13.0 12.4 12.6 -- 1.80 20:27 AGILE -1350(-1711) 57 42 13.4 14.9 15.3 14.5 13.5 SDSS r 2.00 22:04 AGILE -1300(-1776) 250 51 12.9 12.9 13.4 12.8 12.6 ND 2.5 1.60 23:44 dis-slit 375( 346) 19 38 12.9 12.5 13.0 12.4 12.6 -- 1.80 03:21 TSPEC 465( 623) 135 50 12.9 12.6 13.0 12.7 12.7 Ks 1.16 ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:00 71 43 6 260 (W) 864 clear none 17:00 64 37 5 300 (WNW) 822 clear none 18:00 64 37 5 257 (WSW) 826 clear none 19:00 63 31 5 88 (E) 428 mstly clr none 20:00 59 30 11 84 (E) 478 clear none 21:00 57 30 16 67 (ENE) 546 mstly clr none 22:00 56 35 16 78 (ENE) 510 clear none 23:00 55 34 18 78 (ENE) 993 mstly clr none 00:00 56 35 18 77 (ENE) 750 mstly clr none 01:00 56 35 15 71 (ENE) 831 mstly clr none 02:00 55 34 14 64 (ENE) 796 clear none 03:00 56 32 9 22 (NNE) 593 clear none 04:00 55 27 10 9 (N) 607 clear none 05:00 55 30 7 18 (NNE) 608 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