Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20131206 From: pgaulme@apo.nmsu.edu Date: Sat, 7 Dec 2013 10:43:13 +0000 (UTC) Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Friday, December 06, 2013 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- A.Mukadam A.Mukadam Agile --:-- --:-- INST SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B D B ---------------------------------------------------------------- UW04/R 17:06 06:44 9.3 4.3 0 0 0.0 0.0 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: P.Gaulme Enclosure closed because of ice on the roof. The sky was very clear. Some works on APOLLO in early night. It started to be humid at about 1am. I kept an eye on the difference between telescope temperature and dewpoint which was between 1 and 2 Celsius. ------- 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 25 11 10 208 (SSW) 405 clear none 17:00 22 6 8 187 (S) 405 clear none 18:00 23 -6 10 193 (SSW) 405 clear none 19:00 24 -6 15 219 (SW) 405 clear none 20:00 23 -6 10 212 (SSW) 405 clear none 21:00 25 -6 14 234 (SW) 405 clear none 22:00 25 2 9 263 (W) 405 clear none 23:00 27 16 15 254 (WSW) 405 clear none 00:00 25 18 13 187 (S) 405 clear none 01:00 25 22 19 204 (SSW) 405 clear humid 02:00 27 22 24 191 (S) 405 clear humid 03:00 26 24 22 186 (S) 405 clear humid 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