Date: Sat, 5 Oct 2013 12:52:12 -0000 (UTC) Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20131004 From: "Alysha Shugart" Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Friday, October 04, 2013 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- P.Gaulme J.McKeever ECHELLE 18:52 01:10 A.Riess D.Jones DIS 01:10 04:52 M.de Val-Borro M.de Val-Borro DIS 04:52 06:52 INST SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B D B ---------------------------------------------------------------- NM03/R 18:52 01:10 0 0 0 0 6.3 0.0 0 0 JH05/R 01:10 04:52 0 0 0 0 3.7 0.0 0 0 PU03/R 04:52 06:52 0 0 0 0 2.0 0.0 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: A.Shugart No technical problems tonight. Open and on sky all night, with seeing ranging from 0.95-2" in the late morning, when the clouds began to creep through. ------- 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 19:27 ecamera 589( -222) 187 76 10.2 11.6 11.7 11.2 10.2 ND2 0.94 01:44 dcamera 506( 626) 259 42 9.1 8.7 9.2 8.7 8.7 -- 1.04 ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:00 57 30 20 256 (WSW) 614 clear none 17:00 56 29 21 234 (SW) 694 clear none 18:00 55 30 16 243 (WSW) 643 clear none 19:00 51 28 13 252 (WSW) 612 clear none 20:00 50 29 20 246 (WSW) 612 clear none 21:00 50 28 16 267 (W) 608 clear none 22:00 50 27 15 261 (W) 602 clear none 23:00 49 26 19 242 (WSW) 616 clear none 00:00 49 24 18 263 (W) 636 clear none 01:00 49 24 12 259 (W) 662 clear none 02:00 49 25 7 256 (WSW) 683 clear none 03:00 47 25 7 262 (W) 720 clear none 04:00 47 26 7 260 (W) 798 clear none 05:00 46 25 11 247 (WSW) 790 clear none 06:00 44 26 7 252 (WSW) 829 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