Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20130213 From: alaina@apo.nmsu.edu Date: Thu, 14 Feb 2013 13:34:46 +0000 (UTC) Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Wednesday, February 13, 2013 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- T.Murphy R.McMillan APOLLO 17:25 18:19 N.Hunt-Walker N.Hunt-Walker DIS 18:25 00:12 J.Holtzman N.Ouellette DIS 00:12 05:50 INST SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B D B ---------------------------------------------------------------- UW14/R 17:56 18:56 0 0 0 0 0.0 1.0 0 0 UW09/R 18:56 00:10 0 0 0 0 3.0 2.2 0 0 NM07/R 00:10 06:39 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, but windy. Seeing varied between excellent and terrible, but we were able to stay open all night. Apollo had power supply issues, so gave the telescope to UW09 early. ------- 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 18:04 APOLLO 709( 635) 43 69 -2.8 -1.4 -1.5 -1.3 -2.9 -- 1.00 19:19 dis-slit 465( -382) 198 68 -2.8 -2.9 -2.5 -2.8 -2.9 -- 1.27 20:20 dis-slit 565( -290) 237 85 -2.8 -3.0 -2.6 -2.8 -2.9 -- 0.98 00:23 dis-slit 539( -177) 284 55 1.4 -0.5 -0.1 0.1 0.9 -- 1.70 ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:00 29 4 5 4 (N) 490 clear none 17:00 27 5 13 9 (N) 421 clear none 18:00 27 5 3 354 (N) 377 clear none 19:00 27 6 16 14 (NNE) 309 clear none 20:00 27 8 20 5 (N) 320 clear none 21:00 28 10 26 13 (NNE) 327 clear none 22:00 28 12 19 31 (NNE) 355 clear none 23:00 27 11 30 23 (NNE) 245 clear none 00:00 34 -4 17 25 (NNE) 250 clear none 01:00 37 -7 16 35 (NE) 335 clear none 02:00 37 -7 15 22 (NNE) 368 clear none 03:00 35 -6 19 5 (N) 355 clear none 04:00 34 -7 21 20 (NNE) 403 clear none 05:00 35 -7 22 23 (NNE) 405 clear none 06:00 36 -8 8 356 (N) 359 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