Date: Mon, 24 Sep 2012 12:49:37 -0000 (UTC) Subject: 3.5 m Nightlog 20120923 From: "Alysha Shugart" Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Sunday, September 23, 2012 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- G.Stringfellow u.Stringfellow ECHELLE 19:09 20:18 D.Feuillet J.Holtzman, D.Feullet ECHELLE 20:18 01:04 S.Johnson S.Johnson DIS 01:10 INST SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B D B ---------------------------------------------------------------- NM07/R 19:06 20:06 0 0 0 0 0.0 1.0 0 0 NM08/R 20:06 01:10 0 0.5 0 0 0.0 4.6 0 0 UC02/R 01:10 06:45 0 0 0 0 5.2 0.4 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: A.Shugart Cloudy at first. I closed during D. Feuillet's shift because I was worried about possible precip, but opened again when I could see a decent amount of stars. Still slightly cloudy all night, remained open the rest of the 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 19:48 ECHELLE 375( -509) -11 40 14.0 16.4 15.9 16.4 14.3 ND3 0.97 01:19 dis-slit 288( 185) 316 50 11.2 11.4 11.9 11.3 11.1 -- 1.28 ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:00 62 20 5 258 (WSW) 593 clear none 17:00 64 21 6 287 (WNW) 563 mstly clr none 18:00 65 21 10 218 (SW) 563 ptly cldy none 19:00 58 18 2 184 (S) 662 ptly cldy none 20:00 56 18 8 182 (S) 719 ptly cldy none 21:00 56 19 12 172 (S) 750 ptly cldy none 22:00 55 19 15 139 (SE) 953 mstly clr none 23:00 54 20 15 144 (SE) 710 ptly cldy none 00:00 54 20 15 148 (SSE) 530 mstly clr none 01:00 53 18 12 137 (SE) 306 mstly clr none 02:00 54 20 5 173 (S) 364 mstly clr none 03:00 53 22 11 181 (S) 260 mstly clr none 04:00 52 25 10 184 (S) 216 ptly cldy none 05:00 52 22 8 186 (S) 177 mstly clr none 06:00 52 21 9 196 (SSW) 187 mstly clr 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