Date: Thu, 28 Nov 2013 13:40:30 -0000 (UTC) Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20131127 From: "Alysha Shugart" Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Wednesday, November 27, 2013 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- D.York D.York ECHELLE --:-- --:-- M.Fumagalli M.Fumagalli,E.Lusso TSPEC 01:10 05:45 T.Murphy R.McMillan,T.Murphy APOLLO 05:48 06:43 INST SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B D B ---------------------------------------------------------------- UC01/R 17:06 00:10 7.1 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0 0 PU09/R 00:10 05:52 1.0 0 0 0 0.8 3.9 0 0 UW11/R 05:52 06:37 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.8 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: A.Shugart Heavy cloud cover kept us closed until 01:00. We were finally able to open, and seeing started at 1.95", and decreased throughout the night. Stayed open the rest of the night. No problems. Did fills at 04:40. ------- 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 02:20 tcamera 713( 480) 197 69 0.8 -1.6 -1.3 -1.3 -0.9 -- 1.94 06:47 APOLLO 850( 1287) 54 27 2.8 1.1 1.8 1.4 2.2 530nm 1.80 ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:00 30 20 1 319 (NW) 405 cloudy none 17:00 31 19 2 87 (E) 405 mstly cldy none 18:00 34 13 7 172 (S) 405 cloudy none 19:00 33 7 10 183 (S) 405 cloudy none 20:00 31 5 10 181 (S) 405 cloudy none 21:00 30 5 9 137 (SE) 405 mstly cldy none 22:00 29 7 9 151 (SSE) 405 cloudy none 23:00 29 3 6 207 (SSW) 405 mstly cldy none 00:00 30 3 5 205 (SSW) 405 cloudy none 01:00 33 3 6 190 (S) 405 ptly cldy none 02:00 33 1 3 217 (SW) 405 ptly cldy none 03:00 33 -3 2 233 (SW) 405 mstly clr none 04:00 36 0 7 274 (W) 405 clear none 05:00 37 0 8 278 (W) 405 clear none 06:00 36 0 7 302 (WNW) 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