Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20120913 From: alaina@apo.nmsu.edu Date: Fri, 14 Sep 2012 11:36:31 +0000 (UTC) Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Thursday, September 13, 2012 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- S.Ballard S.Ballard DIS --:-- --:-- S.Johnson S.Johnson DIS --:-- --:-- INST SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B D B ---------------------------------------------------------------- UW03/R 19:20 01:10 5.8 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0 0 UC02/R 01:10 06:38 4.1 1.4 0 0 0.0 0.0 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: A.Bradley Heavy clouds, fog, high humidity, and winds up to 40 mph kept us closed all night. Took test echelle thars for Joe. Shook down Nick's new tspec cartse separate email for details. Took test echelle images for Bill/Ed. ------- 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 61 43 10 267 (W) 126 mstly cldy none 17:00 61 45 18 253 (WSW) 173 mstly cldy none 18:00 58 43 12 262 (W) 155 cloudy none 19:00 55 44 13 266 (W) 212 cloudy none 20:00 54 45 7 303 (WNW) 290 cloudy humid 21:00 52 46 4 8 (N) 256 cloudy humid 22:00 55 45 4 273 (W) 328 cloudy none 23:00 54 45 2 244 (WSW) 316 cloudy none 00:00 54 45 7 215 (SW) 302 cloudy lt rain 01:00 50 47 6 86 (E) 289 cloudy lt rain 02:00 48 47 11 82 (E) 146 cloudy humid 03:00 47 46 14 74 (ENE) 260 cloudy lt rain 04:00 46 46 8 89 (E) 2193 cloudy lt rain 05:00 46 46 8 92 (E) 708 cloudy humid 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