Date: Wed, 19 Sep 2012 12:54:00 -0000 (UTC) Subject: 3.5 m Nightlog 20120918 From: "Dr. Philip Morgan" Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Tuesday, September 18, 2012 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- A.Mukadam A.Mukadam Agile 19:22 01:08 M.Kasliwal M.Kasliwal DIS 01:10 02:06 C.Hill M.Hilton SPICAM 02:33 06:53 INST SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B D B ---------------------------------------------------------------- UW07/R 19:13 01:10 0 0 0 0 4.4 1.6 0 0 PU04/R 01:10 02:10 0 0 0 0 1.0 0.0 0 0 PU02/R 02:10 06:41 0 0 0 0 4.5 0.0 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: A.Shugart J.Dembicky Clear all night. No problems. ------- 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 19:50 AGILE -1300(-1644) 78 39 11.1 15.2 14.1 15.2 12.2 BG40 1.30 01:24 dis-slit 313( 131) 19 57 10.5 10.0 10.3 9.9 10.0 -- 1.23 02:38 SPICAM 369( 387) -74 26 10.7 10.0 10.3 9.9 10.2 SDSS r 1.00 02:42 NA2gdr 518(30518) -75 25 10.8 10.0 10.3 9.9 10.3 clear 1.50 ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:00 58 33 2 206 (SSW) 0 clear none 17:00 59 34 9 249 (WSW) 0 clear none 18:00 58 32 6 264 (W) 0 clear none 19:00 55 24 6 259 (W) 0 clear none 20:00 52 30 7 220 (SW) 0 clear none 21:00 53 30 7 231 (SW) 655 clear none 22:00 53 30 2 228 (SW) 0 clear none 23:00 51 32 4 225 (SW) 0 clear none 00:00 51 30 4 236 (SW) 0 clear none 01:00 51 30 2 241 (WSW) 34 clear none 02:00 51 32 4 226 (SW) 606 clear none 03:00 51 32 3 240 (WSW) 612 clear none 04:00 51 30 4 260 (W) 640 clear none 05:00 51 30 7 308 (NW) 701 clear none 06:00 51 30 6 345 (NNW) 713 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