Date: Tue, 25 Sep 2012 09:09:52 -0000 (UTC) Subject: 3.5 m Nightlog 20120924 From: "Alysha Shugart" Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Monday, September 24, 2012 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- M.Klaene A.Shugart,R.McMillan X 18:30 3:10 M.Klaene A.Shugart,R.McMillan X INST SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B D B ---------------------------------------------------------------- EN01/R 19:05 01:10 0 0 0 0 0.0 6.1 0 0 EN01/R 01:10 06:45 2.2 1.4 0 0 2.2 0 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: A.Shugart, R.McMillan 1. DIS focus checks- spectra and slit 2. DIS slit abberations checks 3. Collimation via S-H and Agile 4. Started a pointed model, but the clouds rolled in before we could take enough data. Tomorrow (remaining tasks) 1. Pointing models at NA2 and NA1 2. Throughput 3. Fastcam Please see separate emails for details. ------- 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 01:19 dis-slit 288( 185) 316 50 11.2 11.4 11.9 11.3 11.1 -- 1.28 20:11 dis-slit 215( 298) 93 59 13.4 15.2 14.9 14.9 13.6 -- 1.01 23:07 SHACK 249( 777) -30 65 13.4 13.3 13.7 13.3 13.2 -- 1.00 ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:00 64 24 8 259 (W) 394 clear none 17:00 63 21 6 286 (WNW) 404 mstly clr none 18:00 61 22 3 205 (SSW) 460 clear none 19:00 57 22 8 215 (SW) 481 mstly clr none 20:00 56 22 12 207 (SSW) 445 clear none 21:00 57 22 15 204 (SSW) 580 mstly clr none 22:00 57 21 15 201 (SSW) 690 mstly clr none 23:00 56 21 8 194 (SSW) 661 mstly clr none 00:00 56 21 9 210 (SSW) 523 clear none 01:00 56 20 13 218 (SW) 448 mstly clr none 02:00 56 19 9 248 (WSW) 401 ptly cldy none 03:00 55 22 9 279 (W) 400 mstly cldy 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