Date: Mon, 16 Dec 2013 13:19:25 -0000 (UTC) Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20131215 From: "Alysha Shugart" Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Sunday, December 15, 2013 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- G.Bakos X.Huang ECHELLE 17:08 00:04 J.Bally J.Bally TRIPLESPEC 00:07 02:10 M.Fumagalli X.Huang ECHELLE 02:12 06:18 INST SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B D B ---------------------------------------------------------------- PU07/R 17:08 00:10 0 0 0 0 0.0 7.0 0 0 CU03/R 00:10 02:10 0 0 0 0 0.0 2.0 0 0 PU09/R 02:10 06:50 0 0 0 0 0.6 4.1 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: A.Shugart Xu Huang, logged in with PU05, observed for PU07 and PU09 during the night to take Michele Fumagalli's program (which he had to give up because of scheduling conflict). DiS robotics were left powered off as it was not requested tonight. No slitwheel is currently installed. Slitwheel E is in the filter wheel cabinet, along with the silver fastener. Productive night. 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 18:45 ecamera 707( -403) -108 41 5.2 5.1 5.2 5.2 4.7 ND3 1.73 22:55 ecamera 710( -453) 157 55 4.3 4.4 4.8 4.5 4.3 clear 1.31 01:15 tcamera 637( 748) -96 65 5.3 5.1 5.6 5.1 5.0 -- 1.51 03:19 ecamera 666( -441) 44 55 6.5 5.5 6.3 5.3 5.9 ND3 0.74 ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:00 41 12 16 25 (NNE) 405 clear none 17:00 41 11 18 23 (NNE) 405 clear none 18:00 41 13 16 51 (NE) 405 clear none 19:00 40 11 17 17 (NNE) 405 clear none 20:00 42 4 12 8 (N) 405 clear none 21:00 41 3 19 23 (NNE) 405 clear none 22:00 39 3 19 33 (NNE) 405 clear none 23:00 42 0 11 61 (ENE) 405 clear none 00:00 42 1 10 58 (ENE) 405 clear none 01:00 45 0 5 81 (E) 405 clear none 02:00 45 0 6 351 (N) 405 clear none 03:00 42 0 9 23 (NNE) 405 clear none 04:00 44 0 14 16 (NNE) 405 clear none 05:00 45 -1 16 26 (NNE) 405 clear none 06:00 45 -1 17 26 (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