Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20130115 From: alaina@apo.nmsu.edu Date: Wed, 16 Jan 2013 13:21:30 +0000 (UTC) Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Tuesday, January 15, 2013 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- P.Szkody P.Szkody DIS 17:29 00:12 J.Prieto J.Prieto DIS 00:14 06:10 INST SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B D B ---------------------------------------------------------------- UW08/R 17:29 00:10 0 0 0 0 2.2 4.5 0 0 PU04/R 00:10 06:57 0 0 0 0 6.8 0.0 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: A.Bradley Night was clear and bitter cold with borderline high winds throughout. Seeing was variable between 1.4 and 2.6. Stayed open the whole night, and we were overall productive with no problems to report. ------- 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 17:54 dis-slit 483( -780) 102 25 -14.9 -12.3 -12.2 -12.2 -14.4 -- 2.30 00:18 ECHELLE 586(-1687) 265 63 -9.3 -10.3 -10.1 -9.7 -9.6 Clear 1.40 00:53 dis-slit 519( -684) 190 66 -8.6 -9.8 -9.6 -9.4 -9.2 -- 1.50 ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:00 7 -9 13 336 (NNW) 291 clear none 17:00 6 -8 12 344 (NNW) 371 clear none 18:00 5 -11 12 12 (NNE) 316 clear none 19:00 5 -8 15 23 (NNE) 310 clear none 20:00 8 -17 27 35 (NE) 221 clear none 21:00 9 -15 23 23 (NNE) 165 clear none 22:00 9 -8 22 13 (NNE) 167 clear none 23:00 12 -4 26 15 (NNE) 218 clear none 00:00 15 0 21 35 (NE) 104 clear none 01:00 16 2 21 26 (NNE) 93 clear none 02:00 16 -1 12 17 (NNE) 93 clear none 03:00 17 1 28 23 (NNE) 98 clear none 04:00 19 3 25 19 (NNE) 54 clear none 05:00 20 4 23 28 (NNE) 58 clear none 06:00 21 8 16 35 (NE) 36 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: 2.0.0