Date: Sun, 17 Feb 2013 13:37:44 +0000 Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20130216 From: Nicholas Ule Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Saturday, February 16, 2013 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- T.Murphy R.McMillan APOLLO 17:50 19:02 D.York D.York ECHELLE 19:05 00:08 M.W. C.Grady GIFS 00:11 06:06 INST SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B D B ---------------------------------------------------------------- UW14/R 17:58 18:58 0 0 0 0 0.0 1.0 0 0 UC02/R 18:58 00:10 0 0 0 0.2 0.0 5.0 0 0 DD02/R 00:10 06:36 0 0 0 0 6.1 0.3 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: N.Ule Night began clear, but seeing for Apollo was somewhat sub-par. Pointing was off by a small amount, but Russet corrected it (10 minutes) and said that the tertiary mirror seemed to be in the correct position before-hand. ------- 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 17:50 APOLLO 850( 997) 44 69 1.3 2.9 1.1 3.3 1.6 2.50 19:29 ECHELLE 590(-1099) 184 71 1.3 1.2 1.3 1.2 1.0 ND4 1.56 00:35 GIFS 390( -99) 162 79 2.7 1.3 1.8 1.3 1.7 6572 1.02 00:39 NA2gdr -1082(28917) 165 79 2.7 1.3 1.8 1.3 1.7 clear 0.90 ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:00 37 1 5 281 (W) 680 clear none 17:00 35 0 1 266 (W) 662 clear none 18:00 34 -4 10 6 (N) 823 clear none 19:00 34 -5 12 17 (NNE) 1179 clear none 20:00 35 -6 13 25 (NNE) 1003 clear none 21:00 36 -3 7 3 (N) 1067 clear none 22:00 36 -2 6 20 (NNE) 1032 clear none 23:00 35 -3 9 359 (N) 1055 clear none 00:00 34 -5 11 336 (NNW) 1069 clear none 01:00 37 -3 7 271 (W) 957 clear none 02:00 36 -6 7 285 (WNW) 1202 clear none 03:00 36 -6 7 269 (W) 1486 clear none 04:00 35 -8 11 248 (WSW) 1423 clear none 05:00 35 -8 15 248 (WSW) 1802 clear none 06:00 34 -9 11 254 (WSW) 1399 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