Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20131112 From: dembicky@apo.nmsu.edu Date: Wed, 13 Nov 2013 11:31:25 +0000 (UTC) Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Tuesday, November 12, 2013 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- M.Klaene J.Dembicky, R.McMillan DIS --:-- --:-- INST SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B D B ---------------------------------------------------------------- EN01/W 17:12 06:23 3.7 9.6 0 0 0 0 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: J.Dembicky Telescope down for repairs all night tonight due to a problem discovered during the daytime. I turned on Agile and checked instrument out for observations later this week. Rotator needs to be checked out yet. Russet worked on DIS internal focus. I worked on other 3.5m tasks. ------- 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:00 37 30 7 91 (E) 390 mstly clr none 17:00 34 30 13 77 (ENE) 431 mstly clr humid 18:00 33 29 14 88 (E) 354 clear humid 19:00 32 28 12 112 (ESE) 344 clear humid 20:00 31 28 14 125 (SE) 292 clear humid 21:00 34 27 13 148 (SSE) 202 clear none 22:00 34 28 13 175 (S) 166 clear none 23:00 34 28 11 169 (S) 169 clear none 00:00 34 28 13 162 (SSE) 198 clear none 01:00 33 28 13 147 (SSE) 229 clear none 02:00 32 29 13 169 (S) 253 clear none 03:00 33 30 8 183 (S) 203 clear humid 04:00 31 30 8 187 (S) 230 clear humid 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