Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20131111 From: dembicky@apo.nmsu.edu Date: Tue, 12 Nov 2013 12:56:49 +0000 (UTC) Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Monday, November 11, 2013 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- S.Ballard S.Ballard TSPEC 17:13 00:00 D.York L.Straka DIS 00:10 06:22 INST SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B D B ---------------------------------------------------------------- UW01/R 17:13 00:10 0 0 0 0 0.0 7.0 0 0 UC01/R 00:10 06:22 0 0 0 0 4.6 1.6 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: J.Dembicky Topped GIFS off with LN2 at midnight. Left DIS mounted in the morning as my observer was finishing her cals. TSpec can be mounted on the NA2 rotator to investigate rotation issues with cart from this past weekend (it can be left mounted as it will be used tonight). ------- 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 17:54 tcamera 627( 1040) -98 59 7.6 10.9 9.9 11.5 8.2 Ks 0.97 00:15 dcamera 608( 586) 148 64 6.8 6.4 6.9 6.6 6.6 -- 1.48 ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:00 48 28 1 260 (W) 487 clear none 17:00 46 28 1 201 (SSW) 449 clear none 18:00 46 28 3 105 (ESE) 498 clear none 19:00 42 28 8 95 (E) 522 clear none 20:00 45 29 5 159 (SSE) 924 clear none 21:00 45 30 5 129 (SE) 324 clear none 22:00 45 30 7 94 (E) 346 clear none 23:00 45 27 12 86 (E) 288 clear none 00:00 44 29 17 79 (E) 404 clear none 01:00 43 24 26 70 (ENE) 378 clear none 02:00 41 20 15 75 (ENE) 336 clear none 03:00 41 20 17 80 (E) 354 clear none 04:00 38 24 22 83 (E) 426 clear none 05:00 36 26 23 75 (ENE) 567 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