Date: Sat, 30 Nov 2013 12:36:58 -0000 (UTC) Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20131129 From: "Alysha Shugart" Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Friday, November 29, 2013 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- D.Jones D.Jones DIS 17:06 00:04 C.Sarazin M.Sun SPICAM 00:21 05:30 INST SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B D B ---------------------------------------------------------------- JH04/R 17:06 00:10 0 0 0 0 7.1 0.0 0 0 UV03/R 00:10 06:38 0 1.1 0 0 3.9 1.5 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: A.Shugart Thin, hazy clouds hung around most of the night, but we were able to observe all night. Did fills at 03:45. Clouds became too much for SPICAM at 05:30. Did cals and went to bed. ------- 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 18:27 dcamera 569( 640) 31 48 5.4 7.9 7.3 8.2 5.9 -- 1.07 01:26 SPIcam 521( 560) 127 25 4.0 3.5 4.0 3.2 3.5 SDSSr 1.40 03:53 SPIcam 637( 622) 164 66 4.8 3.6 4.1 3.7 3.8 SDSSi 0.64 ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:00 44 9 6 266 (W) 405 mstly clr none 17:00 42 -1 6 271 (W) 405 ptly cldy none 18:00 42 -3 8 268 (W) 405 mstly clr none 19:00 43 -1 7 265 (W) 405 ptly cldy none 20:00 42 -2 5 258 (WSW) 405 ptly cldy none 21:00 42 -3 5 204 (SSW) 405 ptly cldy none 22:00 43 -1 11 235 (SW) 405 mstly clr none 23:00 40 -1 6 196 (SSW) 405 ptly cldy none 00:00 37 8 6 196 (SSW) 405 ptly cldy none 01:00 39 9 10 230 (SW) 405 mstly clr none 02:00 39 11 10 236 (SW) 405 mstly clr none 03:00 41 4 12 251 (WSW) 405 ptly cldy none 04:00 40 10 10 262 (W) 405 ptly cldy none 05:00 41 17 9 269 (W) 405 mstly cldy 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