Date: Sat, 19 Oct 2013 12:53:02 -0000 (UTC) Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20131018 From: "Alysha Shugart" Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Friday, October 18, 2013 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- S.Ballard S.Ballard TSPEC 18:35 00:48 D.Feuillet D.Feuillet ECHELLE 00:53 07:02 INST SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B D B ---------------------------------------------------------------- UW01/R 18:35 01:10 0 0 0 0 0.0 6.3 0 0 NM10/R 01:10 07:02 0 0 0 0 0.0 6.2 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: A.Shugart UW01 finished early, and volunteered her time to NM10. I added the time to obs in NM10 and subtracted it from UW01. The night went smoothly, with seeing hovering around 1" for the entire 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 19:33 tcamera 521( 765) 245 74 6.7 7.8 7.7 7.7 6.7 -- 0.90 22:38 tcamera 685( 840) 232 42 5.8 5.5 6.0 5.5 5.5 -- 0.94 01:05 ecamera 657( -456) 230 24 4.7 4.4 5.0 4.4 4.4 ND3 1.23 01:05 ecamera 657( -456) 230 24 4.9 4.4 5.0 4.5 4.4 ND3 1.23 01:40 ecamera 672( -443) 227 18 4.4 4.1 4.8 4.2 3.9 ND2 1.12 ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:00 45 11 7 323 (NW) 400 clear none 17:00 46 11 6 298 (WNW) 336 clear none 18:00 45 12 5 322 (NW) 340 clear none 19:00 44 11 3 59 (ENE) 334 clear none 20:00 44 9 9 303 (WNW) 297 clear none 21:00 43 11 6 281 (W) 293 clear none 22:00 43 11 6 293 (WNW) 303 clear none 23:00 42 11 6 293 (WNW) 304 clear none 00:00 41 12 3 290 (WNW) 354 clear none 01:00 41 11 7 311 (NW) 314 clear none 02:00 39 16 3 6 (N) 429 clear none 03:00 38 18 9 324 (NW) 526 clear none 04:00 36 14 6 10 (N) 440 clear none 05:00 37 9 6 357 (N) 514 clear none 06:00 38 10 2 328 (NNW) 437 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