Date: Tue, 22 Oct 2013 12:52:17 -0000 (UTC) Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20131021 From: "Alysha Shugart" Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Monday, October 21, 2013 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- S.Ballard S.Ballard TSPEC 18:56 00:35 K.Pan K.Pan DIS 00:49 03:59 K.Pan K.Pan ECHELLE 04:00 07:05 INST SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B D B ---------------------------------------------------------------- UW01/R 18:31 01:10 0 0 0 0 1.9 4.8 0 0 DD02/R 01:10 07:05 0 0 0 0 0.0 5.9 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: A.Shugart Opened the dome at 18:56 after cals ran over time. Cals started at 18:31. Switched to Echelle at 04:00. Productive night. Seeing between 0.9-1.5". ------- 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 19:13 tcamera 506( 789) -92 73 3.9 8.4 8.0 8.6 5.0 -- 0.90 00:57 dcamera 576( 437) 25 52 4.4 3.9 4.5 3.9 3.8 -- 1.44 04:17 ecamera 721( -521) 28 67 3.9 3.1 3.5 3.1 3.4 ND2 0.88 ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:00 48 26 11 260 (W) 485 clear none 17:00 47 24 8 253 (WSW) 500 clear none 18:00 43 26 3 250 (WSW) 524 clear none 19:00 39 26 3 7 (N) 497 clear none 20:00 39 25 9 49 (NE) 397 clear none 21:00 41 20 6 30 (NNE) 370 clear none 22:00 42 18 6 38 (NE) 365 clear none 23:00 41 20 2 357 (N) 348 clear none 00:00 40 22 0 297 (WNW) 403 clear none 01:00 40 20 6 322 (NW) 428 clear none 02:00 39 22 7 319 (NW) 426 clear none 03:00 39 21 7 13 (NNE) 384 clear none 04:00 40 18 2 100 (E) 359 clear none 05:00 38 19 5 4 (N) 381 clear none 06:00 38 18 6 7 (N) 351 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