Date: Mon, 11 Nov 2013 13:03:13 -0000 (UTC) Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20131110 From: mcmillan@apo.nmsu.edu Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Sunday, November 10, 2013 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- T.Murphy R.McMillan APOLLO 17:10 18:10 G.Wallerstein A.Ritchey ECHELLE 18:13 19:38 G.Stringfellow G.Stringfellow TSPEC 19:40 22:38 L.Straka L.Straka GIFS 22:53 05:55 INST SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B D B ---------------------------------------------------------------- UW11/O 17:14 18:14 0 0 0 0 0.0 1.0 0 0 UW10/R 18:14 19:40 0 0 0 0 0.0 1.4 0 0 CU10/R/D 19:40 22:40 0 0 0 0 0.0 3.0 0 0 UC02/R 22:40 06:21 0 0 0 0 5.7 2.0 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: R.McMillan Mostly clear skies with a few high clouds, and good seeing throughout the night. One of the scheduled observers for first half had to cancel due to an emergency, so some extra time was given to other scheduled programs, and the remainder to a program recently pre-empted by a ToO. The telescope and instruments worked perfectly. ------- 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 17:10 APOLLO 850 530 1.2 18:22 ecamera 700( -296) 166 63 6.7 7.9 7.9 7.3 6.5 ND3 0.98 19:45 tcamera 564 Ks 1.39 22:50 GIFS 520 Ha 0.53 ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:00 52 25 6 253 (WSW) 540 clear none 17:00 47 24 6 204 (SSW) 541 clear none 18:00 44 24 9 180 (S) 523 mstly clr none 19:00 44 24 7 167 (SSE) 544 mstly clr none 20:00 46 18 5 184 (S) 338 mstly clr none 21:00 45 20 7 186 (S) 379 mstly clr none 22:00 45 22 8 178 (S) 466 clear none 23:00 44 26 9 182 (S) 319 clear none 00:00 44 27 5 186 (S) 350 clear none 01:00 44 26 6 186 (S) 274 clear none 02:00 44 29 6 202 (SSW) 304 clear none 03:00 42 31 9 227 (SW) 390 mstly clr none 04:00 42 28 7 193 (SSW) 412 ptly cldy none 05:00 43 28 7 218 (SW) 420 ptly cldy 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