Date: Mon, 30 Dec 2013 14:32:39 -0000 (UTC) Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20131229 From: "Alysha Shugart" Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Sunday, December 29, 2013 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- X.Huang X.Huang,G.Zhou NICFPS 17:10 00:05 N.Chanover A.Verbiscer SPICAM 00:20 07:45 INST SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B D B ---------------------------------------------------------------- PU01/R 17:15 00:10 0 0 0 0 6.9 0.0 0 0 NM02/R 00:10 06:56 0 0 0 0 4.8 2.0 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: A.Shugart Humidity was close to closure conditions for most of the night, but we never lost sky time. I left DIS mounted for day work. ------- 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 18:39 NICFPS 600( 789) 44 50 -3.4 0.5 0.3 -0.1 -2.6 MK-Ks 2.77 01:43 SPIcam 1065( 665) 64 58 -3.5 -4.1 -1.9 -4.1 -4.2 SDSSr 1.93 ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:00 27 19 5 299 (WNW) 405 ptly cldy none 17:00 26 17 10 10 (N) 405 mstly clr none 18:00 26 18 3 37 (NE) 405 mstly clr none 19:00 26 18 1 210 (SSW) 405 clear none 20:00 26 18 10 4 (N) 405 clear none 21:00 27 18 12 2 (N) 405 clear none 22:00 25 18 14 358 (N) 405 clear humid 23:00 25 18 6 3 (N) 405 clear humid 00:00 25 19 8 3 (N) 405 clear humid 01:00 25 18 6 345 (NNW) 405 clear humid 02:00 24 18 13 344 (NNW) 405 clear humid 03:00 24 18 3 77 (ENE) 405 clear humid 04:00 24 18 23 336 (NNW) 405 clear humid 05:00 23 16 12 2 (N) 405 clear none 06:00 26 13 9 356 (N) 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