Date: Fri, 29 Nov 2013 13:43:30 -0000 (UTC) Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20131128 From: "Alysha Shugart" Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Thursday, November 28, 2013 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- C.Gray C.Gray ECHELLE 17:10 19:03 J.Hughes J.Hughes SPICAM 19:05 00:02 J.Greene J.Greene TSPEC 00:12 06:25 INST SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B D B ---------------------------------------------------------------- NM06/R/D 17:06 19:06 0 0 0 0 2.0 0 0 0 UW07/R 19:06 00:10 0 0 0 0 5.1 0.0 0 0 PU08/R 00:10 06:37 0 0 0 0 2.8 3.6 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: A.Shugart ToO began at 17:10. NM06. Ended at 19:03. Not updated in the schedule, but a simple time-trade. The rest of the night went okay, sporadic clouds and somewhat high humidity. No problems. ------- 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 18:20 ecamera 534( -477) 64 36 3.3 6.8 6.0 6.3 4.2 ND2 1.38 20:21 SPIcam 455( 429) 29 54 1.7 3.1 3.1 2.8 1.8 SDSSi 1.01 18:20 ecamera 534( -477) 64 36 3.3 6.8 6.0 6.3 4.2 ND2 1.38 20:21 SPIcam 455( 429) 29 54 1.7 3.1 3.1 2.8 1.8 SDSSi 1.01 00:25 tcamera 693( 680) -3 36 2.0 1.9 2.3 2.0 2.1 -- 2.28 03:45 tcamera 693( 680) -3 36 2.0 1.9 2.3 2.0 2.1 -- 0.87 ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:00 43 10 1 264 (W) 405 clear none 17:00 40 7 1 276 (W) 405 clear none 18:00 37 8 4 283 (WNW) 405 clear none 19:00 36 25 8 281 (W) 405 clear none 20:00 37 20 7 265 (W) 405 mstly clr none 21:00 38 20 9 267 (W) 405 ptly cldy none 22:00 38 23 6 248 (WSW) 405 mstly clr none 23:00 37 25 12 246 (WSW) 405 mstly clr none 00:00 37 26 10 224 (SW) 405 ptly cldy none 01:00 37 26 11 262 (W) 405 ptly cldy none 02:00 35 27 10 234 (SW) 405 mstly cldy none 03:00 36 23 14 186 (S) 405 ptly cldy none 04:00 37 18 13 218 (SW) 405 mstly clr none 05:00 37 18 10 214 (SW) 405 ptly cldy none 06:00 36 18 8 191 (S) 405 mstly clr 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