Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20131216 From: dembicky@apo.nmsu.edu Date: Tue, 17 Dec 2013 13:46:34 +0000 (UTC) Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Monday, December 16, 2013 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- D.Feuillet D.Feuillet ECHELLE 17:08 19:38 ECHELLE 22:00 00:10 N.Chanover N.Schneider, A.Thelen DIS 00:10 06:51 M.Chaffin INST SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B D B ---------------------------------------------------------------- NM10/R 17:08 00:10 0 2.4 0 0 0.0 4.6 0 0 NM05/R 00:10 06:51 0 0 0 0 0.0 6.7 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: J.Dembicky Closed at 19:38 due to wind. Re-opened at 22:00 Had problems again with DIS slit wheel. This time it didn't want to position correctly but would home correctly. Email sent to Bill and PR submitted. ------- 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 17:33 ecamera 694( -290) -83 72 6.8 8.2 8.2 8.1 6.9 ND2 1.10 18:41 ecamera 703( -319) -117 34 5.9 6.6 7.1 6.5 5.8 ND1 0.90 22:05 ecamera 673( -481) 150 65 4.8 4.8 5.4 5.0 4.7 ND1 1.00 00:24 dcamera 487( 328) 32 50 3.4 3.5 4.0 3.6 3.3 ND3 1.20 04:30 dcamera 554( 437) -99 53 4.7 4.3 4.9 4.6 4.7 ND3 1.60 ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:00 45 10 17 48 (NE) 405 clear none 17:00 45 8 20 18 (NNE) 405 clear none 18:00 44 7 19 33 (NNE) 405 mstly clr none 19:00 42 10 27 26 (NNE) 405 ptly cldy none 20:00 42 14 28 30 (NNE) 405 mstly clr none 21:00 41 11 16 27 (NNE) 405 clear none 22:00 41 12 25 6 (N) 405 clear none 23:00 39 15 28 25 (NNE) 405 clear none 00:00 39 15 25 22 (NNE) 405 mstly clr none 01:00 36 15 20 21 (NNE) 405 mstly clr none 02:00 38 12 16 15 (NNE) 405 clear none 03:00 40 7 18 28 (NNE) 405 clear none 04:00 42 6 11 35 (NE) 405 clear none 05:00 44 6 18 55 (NE) 405 clear none 06:00 45 1 14 57 (ENE) 405 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