Date: Fri, 31 Aug 2012 12:12:51 -0000 (UTC) Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20120831 From: ashugart@apo.nmsu.edu Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Thursday, August 30, 2012 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- A.Ginsburg J.Bally TripleSpec 19:38 01:07 G.Bakos J.Hartman ECHELLE 01:08 05:48 INST SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B D B ---------------------------------------------------------------- CU04/R 19:38 01:10 0 0 0 0 0.0 5.5 0 0 PU05/R 01:10 06:29 0 0 0 0 0.0 5.3 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: A.Shugart A.Bradley Clear night. ------- 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 20:55 TSPEC 375( 635) -6 72 14.1 14.9 15.1 14.8 14.0 -- 1.40 22:07 TSPEC 350( 552) -49 64 13.6 13.7 14.2 13.7 13.1 -- 2.00 00:14 ECHELLE 375( -702) -105 47 12.8 12.8 13.3 12.9 12.7 ND 3 1.60 ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:00 68 39 10 214 (SW) 809 clear none 17:00 69 36 13 229 (SW) 776 clear none 18:00 68 31 9 281 (W) 850 clear none 19:00 64 25 7 259 (W) 646 clear none 20:00 61 25 8 85 (E) 884 clear none 21:00 58 27 12 77 (ENE) 745 clear none 22:00 57 29 14 82 (E) 815 mstly clr none 23:00 56 30 11 74 (ENE) 826 clear none 00:00 56 30 17 79 (E) 833 mstly clr none 01:00 56 30 20 76 (ENE) 723 clear none 02:00 54 31 15 70 (ENE) 789 clear none 03:00 55 30 13 61 (ENE) 839 clear none 04:00 56 29 14 74 (ENE) 754 clear none 05:00 56 28 14 70 (ENE) 608 clear none 06:00 55 28 14 78 (ENE) 704 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