Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20131126 From: dembicky@apo.nmsu.edu Date: Wed, 27 Nov 2013 13:42:35 +0000 (UTC) Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Tuesday, November 26, 2013 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- L.Straka L.Straka GIFS 16:40 00:00 J.Stocke B.Keeney DIS 00:20 06:34 INST SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B D B ---------------------------------------------------------------- UC02/R 17:06 00:10 0 0 0 0 7.1 0.0 0 0 CU05/R 00:10 06:36 0 0 0 0 0.9 5.6 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: J.Dembicky We started with SPIcam for the 2nd half but seeing was poor so we switched to DIS. Seeing improved later in the night. I re-mounted GIFS in the morning for further cals. ------- 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 17:42 GIFS 566( 332) 46 48 -3.8 -1.1 -1.2 -0.9 -3.1 6455 1.10 17:52 NA2gdr -1958(28041) 43 50 -3.9 -1.4 -1.6 -1.3 -3.3 clear 2.25 00:49 dcamera 578( -50) 125 54 -5.6 -5.7 -5.2 -5.5 -5.5 -- 3.70 00:53 NA2gdr 999(22999) 125 54 -5.3 -5.7 -5.2 -5.5 -5.4 clear 2.80 ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:00 29 15 2 96 (E) 405 clear none 17:00 26 16 4 137 (SE) 405 clear none 18:00 25 17 3 125 (SE) 405 clear none 19:00 23 17 14 73 (ENE) 405 clear none 20:00 22 18 16 69 (ENE) 405 clear none 21:00 23 18 14 70 (ENE) 405 clear none 22:00 22 18 11 74 (ENE) 405 clear none 23:00 22 15 16 69 (ENE) 405 clear none 00:00 23 13 13 65 (ENE) 405 clear none 01:00 22 11 13 68 (ENE) 405 clear none 02:00 22 10 14 67 (ENE) 405 clear none 03:00 22 12 4 147 (SSE) 405 clear none 04:00 22 11 6 77 (ENE) 405 clear none 05:00 23 11 16 71 (ENE) 405 clear none 06:00 22 11 3 56 (NE) 405 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