Date: Wed, 25 Dec 2013 13:40:07 -0000 (UTC) Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20131224 From: mcmillan@apo.nmsu.edu Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Tuesday, December 24, 2013 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- M.Klaene R.McMillan dcamera 17:20 23:00 gcamera 23:00 00:10 J.Wang J.Wang,P.Du DIS 00:20 06:20 INST SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B D B ---------------------------------------------------------------- EN01/O 17:12 00:10 0 0 0 0 6.6 0.4 0 0 IH01/R 00:10 06:55 0 0 0 0 0.0 6.8 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: R.McMillan Photometric all night. Good seeing first half, variable seeing second half as the wind went all the way around the compass, at least twice. Engineering work concentrated on DIS focus and stability, and guiding tests. I wasn't able to work with the Shack-Hartmann but will try again tomorrow. ------- 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 19:05 dcamera 568( 431) -89 64 4.3 4.2 4.4 4.0 4.2 - 1.17 22:39 ecamera 781( -537) 24 66 1.7 1.6 2.2 1.6 2.2 ND2 0.99 00:32 dcamera 533( 298) 86 65 3.4 2.3 2.9 2.4 3.0 ND3 0.99 18:49 dcamera 557( 418) -37 45 2.8 3.7 3.9 3.6 2.9 - 1.37 20:37 dcamera 591( 396) 140 58 3.5 2.9 3.3 3.0 3.2 - 0.93 21:45 dcamera 542( 336) 153 66 2.8 2.8 3.2 3.0 2.8 - 0.85 23:08 dcamera 627( 387) 186 70 1.9 2.2 2.7 2.3 1.9 - 0.88 00:06 ecamera 736( -592) 59 61 1.1 1.3 1.8 1.3 0.7 ND3 0.82 ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:00 41 0 1 334 (NNW) 405 clear none 17:00 41 0 14 358 (N) 405 clear none 18:00 40 -2 14 8 (N) 405 clear none 19:00 37 10 16 9 (N) 405 clear none 20:00 36 18 21 13 (NNE) 405 clear none 21:00 38 17 21 26 (NNE) 405 clear none 22:00 37 17 18 10 (N) 405 clear none 23:00 36 18 12 24 (NNE) 405 clear none 00:00 34 15 21 6 (N) 405 clear none 01:00 31 16 16 83 (E) 405 clear none 02:00 30 16 18 77 (ENE) 405 clear none 03:00 30 16 8 87 (E) 405 clear none 04:00 30 17 6 356 (N) 405 clear none 05:00 27 18 11 32 (NNE) 405 clear none 06:00 29 18 9 19 (NNE) 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