Date: Sun, 23 Sep 2012 12:41:44 -0000 (UTC) Subject: 3.5 m Nightlog 20120922 From: ashugart@apo.nmsu.edu Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Saturday, September 22, 2012 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- K.Jones M.Lacy ripleSpec 19:23 00:50 B.Keeney B.Keeney, J.Stocke DIS 01:10 06:39 INST SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B D B ---------------------------------------------------------------- UV05/R 19:08 01:10 0 0 0 0 0.7 5.4 0 0 CU02/R 01:10 06:44 0 0 0 0 5.6 0.0 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: A.Shugart Slightly cloudy at first, but cleared up quickly and productive 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 19:44 TSPEC 445( 845) 40 48 15.5 17.3 17.4 17.0 15.4 -- 0.96 01:31 dis-slit 306( 191) -22 42 11.3 10.9 11.5 11.0 11.0 -- 1.80 ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:00 64 25 3 215 (SW) 374 mstly clr none 17:00 65 25 6 227 (SW) 365 ptly cldy none 18:00 63 24 2 175 (S) 387 mstly clr none 19:00 62 22 7 180 (S) 393 clear none 20:00 59 22 13 152 (SSE) 369 clear none 21:00 59 24 17 139 (SE) 355 clear none 22:00 57 25 17 121 (ESE) 592 clear none 23:00 56 25 17 138 (SE) 550 clear none 00:00 55 25 22 136 (SE) 502 clear none 01:00 55 24 24 129 (SE) 529 clear none 02:00 54 24 23 129 (SE) 574 clear none 03:00 53 24 22 141 (SE) 469 clear none 04:00 53 23 22 150 (SSE) 489 clear none 05:00 53 24 20 148 (SSE) 551 clear none 06:00 52 23 20 143 (SE) 506 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