Date: Tue, 15 Jan 2013 12:46:12 -0000 (UTC) Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20130114 From: "Alysha Shugart" Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Monday, January 14, 2013 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- T.Murphy R.McMillan APOLLO --:-- --:-- G.Bakos J.Hartman ECHELLE 18:22 20:28 G.Bakos J.Hartman ECHELLE 20:28 04:27 INST SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B D B ---------------------------------------------------------------- UW14/R 17:28 18:28 0 0 0 0 0.0 1.0 0 0 PU01/R 18:28 20:28 0 0 0 0 0.0 2.0 0 0 PU05/R 20:28 06:57 2.5 0 0 0 7.5 0.5 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: A.Shugart Snow flurries kept APOLLO from running, and cleared up in time for the next observer. Clouds hung around, but until temperature drop and humidity rise around 4, we were able to observe. Weather closed us at 04:27, and we called it a night at 05:40. ------- 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 01:08 dis-slit 497( -726) -75 47 -10.1 -10.6 -10.4 -10.4 -10.4 -- 1.25 18:39 ECHELLE 628(-1533) 111 47 -11.8 -8.4 -9.0 -8.8 -11.2 ND2 2.40 ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:00 15 9 23 214 (SW) 448 mstly cldy lt snow 17:00 13 9 13 216 (SW) 356 mstly cldy lt snow 18:00 12 7 16 241 (WSW) 429 ptly cldy none 19:00 10 -2 10 241 (WSW) 209 ptly cldy none 20:00 11 -5 17 264 (W) 179 mstly cldy none 21:00 10 -5 13 250 (WSW) 159 ptly cldy none 22:00 9 -4 8 247 (WSW) 174 mstly cldy none 23:00 8 -6 9 262 (W) 158 ptly cldy none 00:00 9 -5 7 259 (W) 172 ptly cldy none 01:00 7 0 9 269 (W) 213 ptly cldy none 02:00 8 0 8 242 (WSW) 258 mstly clr none 03:00 7 0 8 249 (WSW) 285 ptly cldy none 04:00 6 1 7 220 (SW) 271 mstly cldy humid 05:00 5 2 3 250 (WSW) 268 mstly cldy humid 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: 2.0.0