Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20131031 From: dembicky@apo.nmsu.edu Date: Fri, 1 Nov 2013 13:12:23 +0000 (UTC) Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Thursday, October 31, 2013 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- J.Stocke J.Stocke, B.Keeney SPIcam 18:21 23:30 DIS 23:30 01:10 A.Riess D.Jones DIS 01:10 07:13 INST SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B D B ---------------------------------------------------------------- CU05/R 18:21 01:10 0 0 0 0 6.8 0.0 0 0 JH05/R 01:10 07:13 0 0 0 0 4.1 1.9 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: J.Dembicky Clear skies tonight. Wind picked up just as we closed for 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 19:20 SPIcam 666( 604) 75 78 2.9 2.8 2.8 2.6 2.5 657/8 1.00 19:22 NA2gdr 60(30060) 74 78 3.0 2.8 2.8 2.6 2.5 clear 1.00 20:38 SPIcam 601( 571) 58 36 2.8 2.6 2.9 2.6 2.6 657/8 1.33 20:39 NA2gdr -1825(28174) 58 36 2.8 2.6 2.9 2.6 2.6 clear 1.70 23:30 dcamera 575( 334) 1 55 2.1 1.9 2.4 2.0 1.9 -- 1.40 01:15 dcamera 621( 355) 24 54 1.7 1.4 1.9 1.5 1.4 -- 1.50 ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:00 39 10 6 280 (W) 275 clear none 17:00 38 12 15 328 (NNW) 225 clear none 18:00 38 11 15 332 (NNW) 299 clear none 19:00 37 11 16 309 (NW) 296 clear none 20:00 38 11 16 271 (W) 363 clear none 21:00 37 11 10 271 (W) 419 clear none 22:00 37 9 12 273 (W) 453 clear none 23:00 36 9 8 337 (NNW) 373 clear none 00:00 36 11 21 304 (NW) 383 clear none 01:00 35 11 14 335 (NNW) 301 clear none 02:00 35 11 12 18 (NNE) 319 clear none 03:00 33 13 13 330 (NNW) 275 clear none 04:00 32 15 17 11 (N) 283 clear none 05:00 32 18 13 357 (N) 165 clear none 06:00 31 19 10 14 (NNE) 164 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