Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20131001 From: dembicky@apo.nmsu.edu Date: Wed, 2 Oct 2013 12:30:46 +0000 (UTC) Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Tuesday, October 01, 2013 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- D.York D.York Echelle 18:56 01:10 J.Lutz J.Lutz DIS 01:10 06:07 INST SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B D B ---------------------------------------------------------------- UC01/R 18:56 01:10 0 0 0 0 6.2 0.0 0 0 UW08/R 01:10 06:50 0 0 0 0 3.4 2.2 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: J.Dembicky Alt controller error during twilight. No science time loss and recovery was quick. PR submitted. 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 19:30 ecamera 367( -251) -15 40 10.7 14.7 14.2 14.3 11.9 ND2 1.30 20:35 ecamera 408( -268) -34 26 11.4 13.1 12.5 12.4 11.7 ND2 1.55 22:19 ecamera 618( -161) -127 71 13.0 12.2 12.5 11.9 12.5 clear 0.52 01:20 dcamera 405( 677) -98 49 13.1 11.9 12.2 11.7 12.2 -- 1.30 ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:00 59 23 2 314 (NW) 223 clear none 17:00 59 24 7 320 (NW) 268 clear none 18:00 57 22 3 262 (W) 234 clear none 19:00 54 23 3 347 (NNW) 252 clear none 20:00 51 21 8 31 (NNE) clear none 21:00 52 17 7 332 (NNW) clear none 22:00 56 17 5 278 (W) clear none 23:00 56 20 7 293 (WNW) clear none 00:00 56 20 2 194 (SSW) clear none 01:00 56 21 2 245 (WSW) clear none 02:00 56 19 6 263 (W) clear none 03:00 55 18 6 271 (W) clear none 04:00 55 18 5 255 (WSW) clear none 05:00 56 18 6 263 (W) clear none 06:00 56 18 4 266 (W) 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: 2.1.0