Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20131106 From: pgaulme@apo.nmsu.edu Date: Thu, 7 Nov 2013 13:22:19 +0000 (UTC) Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Wednesday, November 06, 2013 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- C.Gray C.Gray Echelle 17:11 19:06 M.Kasliwal M.Kasliwal DIS 19:11 21:35 M. de Val-Borro M. de Val-Borro DIS 21:36 00:01 S.Liss S.Liss SPIcam 00:20 03:00 C.Schmidt C.Schmidt DIS 03:18 05:38 INST SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B D B ---------------------------------------------------------------- NM06/R 17:16 19:16 0 0 0 0 0 2.0 0 0 PU04/R 19:16 21:43 0 0 0 0 1.3 1.1 0 0 PU06/R 21:43 00:10 0 0 0 0 2.5 0 0 0 UV01/O 00:10 06:18 0 0 0 0 6.1 0 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: P.Gaulme NM06 with Venus observations replaced CU10. Training of UVa students: first part on SPICAM, second part on DIS with specific neutral density on 0. arcsec slit for observing Jupiter. Clear night, variable seeing. Instrument fills done at 3am while changing spicam to dis. ------- 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 17:25 ecamera 799( -223) -33 21 3.9 6.1 5.6 6.7 4.0 ND2 1.38 18:51 ecamera 696( -404) -59 16 4.0 4.3 4.3 4.0 3.5 ND2 1.77 19:18 dcamera 538( 389) -60 83 4.0 4.0 4.1 3.6 3.5 -- 1.02 01:06 SPIcam 674( 698) 64 33 4.9 3.5 4.2 3.5 3.9 MSSSO I 0.97 03:53 dcamera 558( 347) 33 77 3.3 2.8 3.2 2.7 2.8 -- 1.90 ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:00 39 3 5 357 (N) 253 clear none 17:00 40 1 5 357 (N) 294 clear none 18:00 40 5 11 80 (E) 262 clear none 19:00 39 10 7 31 (NNE) 248 clear none 20:00 39 9 1 217 (SW) 238 clear none 21:00 38 -6 3 14 (NNE) 309 clear none 22:00 39 -4 5 78 (ENE) 800 clear none 23:00 40 -3 9 46 (NE) 645 clear none 00:00 42 -2 2 136 (SE) 321 clear none 01:00 42 -1 1 186 (S) 312 clear none 02:00 40 -1 9 130 (SE) 278 clear none 03:00 39 -6 14 138 (SE) 223 clear none 04:00 38 -5 13 147 (SSE) 209 clear none 05:00 37 -7 8 119 (ESE) 165 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