Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20130116 From: alaina@apo.nmsu.edu Date: Thu, 17 Jan 2013 14:00:25 +0000 (UTC) Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Wednesday, January 16, 2013 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- T.Murphy R.McMillan APOLLO 17:30 18:31 D.York S.Johnson, D.York Echelle 18:37 00:23 D.York L.Straka DIS 00:25 03:38 INST SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B D B ---------------------------------------------------------------- DD01/R 17:30 18:30 0 0 0 0 0.0 1.0 0 0 UC02/R 18:30 00:10 0 0 0 0 1.2 4.7 0 0 UC04/R 00:10 06:57 0 0 0 0 6.5 0.0 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: A.Bradley Night was clear and beautiful, with seeing around 1". We were very productive. 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 17:20 APOLLO 844( 913) 85 40 -2.0 0.7 -1.7 0.6 -1.1 -- 2.00 18:40 ECHELLE 596(-1207) 93 73 -2.4 -1.1 -2.0 -1.3 -2.6 Clear 1.01 00:35 dis-slit 393( -375) 38 60 -1.0 -1.4 -1.0 -1.3 -0.8 -- 1.10 ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:00 30 9 3 249 (WSW) 291 clear none 17:00 29 8 1 218 (SW) 242 clear none 18:00 27 8 2 141 (SE) 225 clear none 19:00 27 11 7 39 (NE) 127 clear none 20:00 30 13 2 206 (SSW) 119 clear none 21:00 32 14 1 227 (SW) 112 clear none 22:00 31 12 10 152 (SSE) 122 clear none 23:00 31 12 7 138 (SE) 89 clear none 00:00 31 13 10 133 (SE) 73 clear none 01:00 30 13 11 164 (SSE) 112 clear none 02:00 30 14 6 158 (SSE) 78 clear none 03:00 29 14 12 142 (SE) 54 clear none 04:00 30 14 15 135 (SE) 53 clear none 05:00 28 14 11 114 (ESE) 63 clear none 06:00 28 13 11 99 (E) 21 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