Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20120927 From: alaina@apo.nmsu.edu Date: Fri, 28 Sep 2012 12:02:27 +0000 (UTC) Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Thursday, September 27, 2012 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- G.Bakos X.Huang ECHELLE --:-- --:-- T.Murphy R.McMillan APOLLO --:-- --:-- A.Verbiscer A.Verbiscer TRIPLESPEC --:-- --:-- INST SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B D B ---------------------------------------------------------------- PU05/R 19:01 00:10 0 5.2 0 0 0.0 0.0 0 0 DD01/R 00:10 01:10 0 1.0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0 0 UV01/R 01:10 06:47 1.2 4.4 0 0 0.0 0.0 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: A.Bradley Night was completely lost to heavy clouds and nearby radar returns. No rain, however. Gave up around 06:00. Continued training the UW04 group for their run tomorrow 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:00 57 30 11 190 (S) 359 cloudy none 17:00 55 29 11 189 (S) 385 cloudy none 18:00 53 27 13 125 (SE) 417 cloudy none 19:00 52 25 10 121 (ESE) 423 cloudy none 20:00 51 24 5 95 (E) 419 cloudy none 21:00 51 24 5 97 (E) 386 cloudy none 22:00 51 24 7 111 (ESE) 355 cloudy none 23:00 49 22 14 126 (SE) 353 cloudy none 00:00 48 22 10 126 (SE) 372 cloudy none 01:00 50 22 9 182 (S) 334 cloudy none 02:00 50 23 6 190 (S) 360 cloudy none 03:00 47 25 6 123 (ESE) 467 cloudy none 04:00 47 28 4 97 (E) 486 cloudy none 05:00 48 27 1 341 (NNW) 367 cloudy 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