Date: Sat, 5 Jan 2013 12:47:31 -0000 (UTC) Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20130104 From: mcmillan@apo.nmsu.edu Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Friday, January 04, 2013 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- S.Kent W.Wester DIS --:-- --:-- E.Levesque E.Levesque DIS --:-- --:-- INST SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B D B ---------------------------------------------------------------- UC03/R 17:20 00:10 6.8 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0 0 CU06/R 00:10 06:58 0.2 6.6 0 0 0.0 0.0 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: R.McMillan Due to powdery snow on the dome, we were under a special wind limit of 15 mph. The night started out very humid, then the humidity suddenly dropped at the same time that the wind increased, and after that never came below 15 mph for the remainder of the night. ------- 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:00 16 14 12 319 (NW) 0 ptly cldy humid 17:00 14 12 2 322 (NW) 0 ptly cldy humid 18:00 13 12 7 318 (NW) 0 mstly clr humid 19:00 14 7 10 323 (NW) 0 clear none 20:00 14 0 15 330 (NNW) 0 clear none 21:00 17 -9 15 12 (NNE) 0 clear none 22:00 16 3 15 347 (NNW) 0 clear none 23:00 17 0 13 353 (N) 0 clear none 00:00 17 0 12 10 (N) 0 clear none 01:00 18 -3 6 32 (NNE) 0 clear none 02:00 19 -4 14 358 (N) 0 clear none 03:00 20 -7 20 345 (NNW) 0 clear none 04:00 20 -8 22 337 (NNW) 0 clear none 05:00 21 -6 12 357 (N) 0 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