Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20131205 From: pgaulme@apo.nmsu.edu Date: Fri, 6 Dec 2013 11:29:03 +0000 (UTC) Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Thursday, December 05, 2013 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- S.Kent W.Wester DIS --:-- --:-- A.Riess D.Jones DIS --:-- --:-- INST SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B D B ---------------------------------------------------------------- UC03/R 17:06 00:10 3.8 3.2 0 0 0.0 0.0 0 0 JH05/R 00:10 06:43 6.6 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: P.Gaulme Observations canceled for tonight because of the significant amount of snow on the roof of the telescope enclosure. Tom Murphy worked in the enclosure on APOLLO in the first half. Did fills at 03:30 and pointed the dome towards south to favor the snow/ice melting during the day. ------- 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:00 32 31 22 248 (WSW) 405 cloudy fog 17:00 32 29 20 260 (W) 405 cloudy fog 18:00 30 28 20 266 (W) 405 cloudy lt snow 19:00 30 27 24 258 (WSW) 405 cloudy fog 20:00 28 25 23 269 (W) 405 cloudy fog 21:00 27 24 21 264 (W) 405 cloudy fog 22:00 27 24 18 265 (W) 405 cloudy none 23:00 27 24 23 261 (W) 405 cloudy none 00:00 25 22 22 250 (WSW) 405 cloudy none 01:00 25 22 26 221 (SW) 405 cloudy none 02:00 24 20 17 236 (SW) 405 cloudy none 03:00 24 20 18 249 (WSW) 405 cloudy snow 04:00 24 19 12 258 (WSW) 405 cloudy lt snow 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