Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20130122 From: dembicky@apo.nmsu.edu Date: Wed, 23 Jan 2013 13:47:00 +0000 (UTC) Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Tuesday, January 22, 2013 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- P.Gaulme P.Gaulme, J.McKeever DIS 17:35 00:07 M.Kaiser M.Morris DIS/Echelle 00:10 07:00 INST SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B D B ---------------------------------------------------------------- NM02/R 17:35 00:10 0 0 0 0 0.0 6.6 0 0 JH02/R 00:10 06:54 0 0 0 0 2.6 4.1 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: J.Dembicky My NMSU observer lost her connection around 19:00. I continued her exposures for her while she tried to re-connect with TUI. She re-connected shortly after. No other problems tonight. ------- 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 18:00 dis-slit 592( 306) 136 52 5.7 7.7 7.2 8.5 6.2 -- 1.30 00:12 dis-slit 440( 26) 225 50 6.0 5.3 5.8 5.5 5.7 -- 1.30 00:50 ECHELLE 552( -936) 125 68 5.4 5.1 5.6 5.2 5.0 ND2 1.05 04:56 dis-slit 415( -117) -20 74 3.3 3.3 3.9 3.4 3.2 -- 1.20 ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:00 44 5 1 248 (WSW) 123 clear none 17:00 44 4 2 227 (SW) 99 clear none 18:00 42 1 12 21 (NNE) 78 clear none 19:00 42 1 8 5 (N) 139 clear none 20:00 43 2 22 31 (NNE) 89 clear none 21:00 43 2 25 16 (NNE) 76 clear none 22:00 43 2 26 21 (NNE) 61 clear none 23:00 42 2 19 35 (NE) 81 clear none 00:00 43 2 21 18 (NNE) 126 clear none 01:00 41 1 18 23 (NNE) 113 clear none 02:00 40 3 20 14 (NNE) 186 clear none 03:00 40 5 12 10 (N) 121 clear none 04:00 39 4 17 16 (NNE) 153 clear none 05:00 38 5 9 28 (NNE) 146 clear none 06:00 39 5 13 0 (N) 145 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