Date: Mon, 4 Nov 2013 12:35:16 -0000 (UTC) Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20131103 From: "Alysha Shugart" Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Sunday, November 03, 2013 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- J.Holtzman G.MacDonald,K.Steakley, L.Mayorga,S.Hasselquist, S.Schonfeld,L.Kahre, C.Vargas,A.ThelenDIS DIS --:-- --:-- J.Lutz J.Lutz DIS 00:14 04:20 INST SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B D B ---------------------------------------------------------------- NM01/R 17:19 00:10 6.2 0.2 0 0 0.0 0.0 0 0 UW08/R 00:10 06:15 2.0 0 0 0 4.1 0.0 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: A.Shugart Light mist, high humidity, and clouds kept us closed during the entire A-half. Shortly after the beginning of B-half, we opened with poor seeing. Worked until 04:20, when we noticed the dome door railings were damp with dew, so I decided to close. High humidity kept us closed the remainder of the night. Gave up at 05:40. During fills, the NICFPS dewar went empty. I finished the fill with the TSPEC dewar. ------- 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 01:57 dcamera 650( 581) 231 41 5.4 4.9 5.3 5.1 4.6 -- 2.01 ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:00 46 28 18 243 (WSW) 437 ptly cldy none 17:00 44 29 14 241 (WSW) 354 mstly cldy none 18:00 43 28 16 252 (WSW) 448 cloudy none 19:00 42 31 21 244 (WSW) 372 cloudy lt rain 20:00 42 31 17 250 (WSW) 451 cloudy none 21:00 42 31 15 252 (WSW) 384 cloudy none 22:00 41 32 12 237 (WSW) 421 mstly cldy none 23:00 40 32 14 232 (SW) 522 mstly cldy humid 00:00 39 32 8 244 (WSW) 504 mstly cldy humid 01:00 41 32 14 263 (W) 244 mstly clr none 02:00 40 32 9 252 (WSW) 235 mstly clr none 03:00 39 32 11 261 (W) 264 clear none 04:00 39 32 10 262 (W) 284 clear humid 05:00 39 32 8 265 (W) 262 mstly clr humid 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