Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20120919 From: dembicky@apo.nmsu.edu Date: Thu, 20 Sep 2012 12:41:56 +0000 (UTC) Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Wednesday, September 19, 2012 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- P.Szkody P.Szkody Echelle 18:39 06:30 INST SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B D B ---------------------------------------------------------------- UW02/R 19:12 06:42 0 0 0 0 9.1 2.4 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: J.Dembicky No problems tonight. Echelle mirror worked fine with 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 19:45 ECHELLE 459( -489) 344 59 13.2 15.6 14.9 15.2 14.2 ND5 0.92 ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:00 62 29 6 244 (WSW) 551 clear none 17:00 62 31 10 267 (W) 539 clear none 18:00 62 28 7 278 (W) 517 clear none 19:00 59 25 10 314 (NW) 471 clear none 20:00 56 26 9 318 (NW) 465 clear none 21:00 58 27 6 347 (NNW) 442 clear none 22:00 59 26 3 261 (W) 493 clear none 23:00 58 23 7 189 (S) 449 clear none 00:00 56 30 9 188 (S) 715 clear none 01:00 56 28 7 189 (S) 663 clear none 02:00 56 28 7 228 (SW) 439 clear none 03:00 55 28 7 196 (SSW) 506 clear none 04:00 55 27 8 243 (WSW) 439 clear none 05:00 55 26 6 211 (SSW) 440 clear none 06:00 56 25 4 210 (SSW) 442 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