Date: Sat, 23 Nov 2013 11:29:33 -0000 (UTC) Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20131122 From: pgaulme@apo.nmsu.edu Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Friday, November 22, 2013 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- M.Strauss M.Strauss TSPEC --:-- --:-- Z.Tsvetanov Z.Tsvetanov ECHELLE --:-- --:-- INST SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B D B ---------------------------------------------------------------- PU10/R 17:07 00:10 4.3 2.7 0 0 0 0 0 0 JH01/R 00:10 06:32 0 6.4 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: P.Gaulme Early night literaly immersed in the clouds. Then simply cloudy and humid. Give up at 04:30 because of hopeless weather (fog is back). ------- 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 36 31 17 175 (S) 405 cloudy fog 17:00 35 31 10 170 (S) 405 cloudy fog 18:00 36 31 19 141 (SE) 405 cloudy fog 19:00 36 30 16 154 (SSE) 405 cloudy humid 20:00 38 31 18 179 (S) 405 cloudy humid 21:00 39 30 19 164 (SSE) 405 cloudy humid 22:00 39 31 25 148 (SSE) 405 cloudy humid 23:00 39 31 17 159 (SSE) 405 cloudy humid 00:00 38 31 22 134 (SE) 405 cloudy humid 01:00 38 31 28 128 (SE) 405 cloudy humid 02:00 36 31 24 141 (SE) 405 cloudy none 03:00 36 30 22 149 (SSE) 405 cloudy fog 04:00 35 31 20 138 (SE) 405 cloudy fog 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