Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20130212 From: alaina@apo.nmsu.edu Date: Wed, 13 Feb 2013 13:08:36 +0000 (UTC) Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Tuesday, February 12, 2013 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- T.Murphy R.McMillan APOLLO 17:53 18:35 B.Balick. K.Kwitter, B.Balick DIS 18:39 00:11 S.Anderson D.Syphers DIS 00:11 05:55 INST SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B D B ---------------------------------------------------------------- DD01/R 17:55 18:40 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.8 0 0 UW04/R 18:40 00:10 0 0 0 0 3.5 2.0 0 0 UW05/R 00:10 06:40 0 0 0 0 6.5 0.0 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: A.Bradley Night was clear, with good seeing first half and terrible seeing second half. No problems to report. ------- 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 18:12 APOLLO 581( 408) -74 28 -8.1 -4.5 -4.8 -4.4 -7.3 -- 2.00 19:11 dis-slit 367( -678) 169 70 -7.7 -6.8 -6.4 -6.8 -7.8 -- 1.07 00:19 dis-slit 459( -649) 31 73 -8.1 -8.0 -7.4 -7.7 -8.1 -- 2.30 ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:00 21 7 7 329 (NNW) 170 clear none 17:00 20 4 13 345 (NNW) 141 clear none 18:00 18 3 2 306 (NW) 145 clear none 19:00 18 4 4 348 (NNW) 173 clear none 20:00 19 1 11 355 (N) 185 clear none 21:00 19 0 11 355 (N) 221 clear none 22:00 19 -3 10 2 (N) 180 clear none 23:00 19 -2 10 344 (NNW) 146 clear none 00:00 19 0 2 337 (NNW) 214 clear none 01:00 15 0 8 90 (E) 294 clear none 02:00 22 -7 12 8 (N) 269 clear none 03:00 22 -6 17 22 (NNE) 233 clear none 04:00 22 -10 8 22 (NNE) 302 clear none 05:00 25 -16 15 358 (N) 305 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: 2.0.0