Date: Mon, 2 Dec 2013 13:14:21 -0000 (UTC) Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20131201 From: mcmillan@apo.nmsu.edu Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Sunday, December 01, 2013 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- E.Levesque B.Keeney,C.Grady DIS 17:25 00:05 M.Crenshaw M.Crenshaw,M.Bentz DIS 00:10 05:55 R.Kuzio,T.Fischer INST SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B D B ---------------------------------------------------------------- CU06/R 17:06 00:10 0 0 0 0 7.1 0.0 0 0 DD01/R 00:10 06:40 0 0 0 0 6.1 0.4 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: R.McMillan High clouds all night, gradually getting thinner during second half. Seeing was moderate to poor. The clouds reduced counts but never made observing impossible, so it was a fairly productive night. Everyting worked well. ------- 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 17:34 dcamera 447( 375) 39 57 4.1 5.3 5.5 5.2 4.0 - 1.73 23:15 dcamera 619( 422) 153 66 3.6 3.0 3.4 3.1 3.2 - 1.48 ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:00 41 14 4 312 (NW) 405 ptly cldy none 17:00 39 5 3 31 (NNE) 405 ptly cldy none 18:00 39 12 20 5 (N) 405 ptly cldy none 19:00 39 13 12 29 (NNE) 405 ptly cldy none 20:00 38 12 17 343 (NNW) 405 ptly cldy none 21:00 39 13 18 333 (NNW) 405 ptly cldy none 22:00 38 14 14 340 (NNW) 405 ptly cldy none 23:00 39 14 11 334 (NNW) 405 ptly cldy none 00:00 37 16 16 330 (NNW) 405 ptly cldy none 01:00 39 15 9 315 (NW) 405 ptly cldy none 02:00 38 15 11 24 (NNE) 405 ptly cldy none 03:00 39 9 11 347 (NNW) 405 ptly cldy none 04:00 39 -3 17 36 (NE) 405 mstly clr none 05:00 40 0 19 13 (NNE) 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