Date: Sun, 20 Jan 2013 14:09:29 -0000 (UTC) Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20130119 From: mcmillan@apo.nmsu.edu Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Saturday, January 19, 2013 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- J.Bally J.Bally Tspec 17:35 00:00 A.Verbiscer A.Verbiscer SPICam 00:15 06:45 INST SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B D B ---------------------------------------------------------------- CU04/R 17:33 00:10 0 0 0 0 0.0 6.6 0 0 UV01/R 00:10 06:56 0 0 0 0 5.2 1.6 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: R.McMillan Clear, peaceful night. Moderate seeing first half, very good second half. No problems. ------- 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 17:45 TSPEC 728( 479) 73 40 2.4 4.3 4.2 4.6 2.9 Ks 1.10 00:22 SPICAM 503( -19) 37 70 1.9 0.6 1.2 0.6 1.3 r 0.60 ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:00 41 0 8 354 (N) 207 clear none 17:00 40 0 8 16 (NNE) 89 clear none 18:00 36 8 13 84 (E) 219 clear none 19:00 34 4 15 68 (ENE) 120 clear none 20:00 33 4 14 78 (ENE) 202 clear none 21:00 33 2 16 80 (E) 160 clear none 22:00 33 0 6 91 (E) 142 clear none 23:00 36 2 1 183 (S) 166 clear none 00:00 36 6 4 187 (S) 195 clear none 01:00 35 8 6 187 (S) 235 clear none 02:00 36 0 6 209 (SSW) 135 clear none 03:00 35 0 6 238 (WSW) 163 clear none 04:00 34 1 7 263 (W) 196 clear none 05:00 34 2 5 257 (WSW) 161 clear none 06:00 33 3 9 306 (NW) 195 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