Date: Mon, 21 Jan 2013 13:38:33 -0000 (UTC) Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20130120 From: mcmillan@apo.nmsu.edu Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Sunday, January 20, 2013 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- A.Ritchey A.Ritchey Echelle 16:50 23:05 T.Murphy R.McMillan APOLLO 23:10 00:06 D.York D.York,L.Straka DIS 00:10 06:20 INST SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B D B ---------------------------------------------------------------- UW11/R 17:34 23:10 0 0 0 0 0.0 5.6 0 0 UW14/R 23:10 00:10 0 0 0 0 0.0 1.0 0 0 UC02/R 00:10 06:55 0 0 0 0 4.3 2.5 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: R.McMillan Clear most of the night. Good seeing initially that soon degraded to poor. Everything worked well. ------- 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 18:15 ECHELLE 590(-1018) 267 64 2.1 2.7 2.5 2.6 1.9 ND2 0.66 23:15 APOLLO 585( 686) -75 51 2.1 1.7 2.2 1.9 1.9 530 1.50 00:21 dis-slit 385( -194) -110 33 1.4 1.5 2.1 1.6 1.5 - 1.90 ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:00 37 2 3 17 (NNE) 170 clear none 17:00 37 3 0 349 (N) 210 clear none 18:00 36 -2 13 52 (NE) 165 clear none 19:00 37 -4 18 23 (NNE) 132 clear none 20:00 36 -4 9 11 (N) 83 clear none 21:00 36 -1 21 26 (NNE) 78 clear none 22:00 37 0 16 21 (NNE) 120 clear none 23:00 36 1 16 28 (NNE) 113 clear none 00:00 35 0 10 34 (NE) 140 clear none 01:00 35 0 2 79 (E) 133 clear none 02:00 33 0 12 17 (NNE) 162 clear none 03:00 33 4 6 1 (N) 160 clear none 04:00 33 2 14 341 (NNW) 142 mstly clr none 05:00 30 1 1 347 (NNW) 150 ptly cldy none 06:00 35 2 8 321 (NW) 159 ptly cldy 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