Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20130201 From: alaina@apo.nmsu.edu Date: Sat, 2 Feb 2013 14:07:05 +0000 (UTC) Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Friday, February 01, 2013 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- J.Hughes J.Hughes SPIcam 17:45 23:56 D.York D.York DIS 00:10 06:30 INST SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B D B ---------------------------------------------------------------- UW10/R 17:45 00:10 0 0 0 0 5.6 0.9 0 0 UC02/R 00:10 06:49 0 0 0 0 0.0 6.6 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: A.Bradley Night was productive, with moderate but variable seeing. Some thin clouds rolled in during second half, getting a little thicker close to morning. We stayed open. The dataq computer went down this afternoon. Jon Brinkmann is working on a fix. ------- 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 18:11 SPICAM 699( 344) 193 65 3.1 3.8 3.8 3.9 3.0 UW C 0.80 18:18 NA2gdr -1939(28060) 195 65 2.9 3.6 3.6 3.5 2.9 Clear 3.70 00:16 dis-slit 372( -214) 275 59 2.4 2.1 2.6 2.2 2.1 -- 1.00 ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:00 39 -5 16 337 (NNW) 98 clear none 17:00 38 -5 7 23 (NNE) 98 clear none 18:00 38 -4 7 355 (N) 49 clear none 19:00 38 -1 17 338 (NNW) 64 clear none 20:00 38 3 9 318 (NW) 57 clear none 21:00 38 2 4 7 (N) 60 clear none 22:00 38 6 22 355 (N) 115 clear none 23:00 37 7 17 4 (N) 113 clear none 00:00 37 1 5 360 (N) 95 mstly clr none 01:00 36 -1 16 5 (N) 70 mstly clr none 02:00 39 -4 9 20 (NNE) 31 mstly clr none 03:00 36 -8 20 358 (N) 36 mstly clr none 04:00 36 -7 14 15 (NNE) 43 ptly cldy none 05:00 38 -5 18 15 (NNE) 51 ptly cldy none 06:00 38 -4 21 37 (NE) 32 ptly cldy 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: 2.0.0