Date: Sun, 29 Dec 2013 11:54:40 -0000 (UTC) Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20131228 From: "Alysha Shugart" Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Saturday, December 28, 2013 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- J.Greene M.Strauss NICFPS 17:14 00:07 A.McKay A.McKay ECHELLE 00:10 03:50 INST SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B D B ---------------------------------------------------------------- PU08/R 17:14 00:10 0 0 0 0 6.9 0.0 0 0 NM04/R 00:10 06:56 3.1 0 0 0 0.6 3.1 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: A.Shugart Heavy clouds began rolling in before the start of the night, but I opened to try and push through to get a bit of science. We managed to push through all the clouds. They finally won at 03:50, and we had to close. Gave up at 05:00 when conditions worsened. ------- 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 18:54 NICFPS 413( 610) 135 36 -2.2 0.2 0.1 0.3 -1.7 MK-J 2.12 00:01 NICFPS 650( 774) 79 60 0.4 -0.6 -0.3 -0.4 -0.2 MK-J 1.89 01:20 ecamera 740( -694) 175 78 0.0 -0.5 -0.3 -0.4 -0.2 ND2 0.75 ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:00 31 4 13 314 (NW) 405 ptly cldy none 17:00 29 6 10 305 (NW) 405 mstly cldy none 18:00 28 11 14 307 (NW) 405 mstly cldy none 19:00 30 8 15 295 (WNW) 405 mstly cldy none 20:00 30 10 12 303 (WNW) 405 mstly cldy none 21:00 30 12 14 325 (NW) 405 mstly cldy none 22:00 32 11 16 316 (NW) 405 mstly cldy none 23:00 33 10 15 317 (NW) 405 mstly cldy none 00:00 31 12 1 5 (N) 405 cloudy none 01:00 33 12 13 14 (NNE) 405 cloudy none 02:00 32 12 8 359 (N) 405 cloudy none 03:00 32 12 13 322 (NW) 405 cloudy none 04:00 31 12 13 53 (NE) 405 cloudy 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