Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20130228 From: alaina@apo.nmsu.edu Date: Fri, 1 Mar 2013 12:55:21 +0000 (UTC) Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Thursday, February 28, 2013 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- D.York S.Johnson DIS 18:08 00:07 T.Murphy R.McMillan APOLLO 00:09 01:09 N.Hunt-Walker N.Hunt-Walker DIS 01:12 05:25 INST SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B D B ---------------------------------------------------------------- UC01/R 18:08 00:10 0 0 0 0 3.1 3.0 0 0 UW14/R 00:10 01:10 0 0 0 0 0.0 1.0 0 0 UW09/R 01:10 06:22 0 0 0 0 0.0 5.2 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: A.Bradley Night was clear with no problems. Seeing was a little variable, but was reasonable for most of the night. We had some high winds toward the end of the night, but our seeing stayed reasonable and the dome never had trouble tracking. ------- 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 18:29 dis-slit 519( -265) 100 61 -3.7 -1.7 -2.0 -1.6 -3.2 -- 1.84 21:56 dis-slit 487( -368) 35 57 -2.7 -3.2 -2.8 -3.1 -3.2 -- 1.30 00:14 APOLLO 550( 397) 47 32 -3.4 -3.9 -3.4 -3.7 -4.0 -- 2.70 01:15 dis-slit 448( -433) -87 38 -3.6 -4.2 -3.8 -4.0 -4.0 -- 1.70 ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:00 29 1 5 272 (W) 309 clear none 17:00 29 0 1 34 (NE) 309 clear none 18:00 26 -1 12 9 (N) 288 clear none 19:00 26 -3 21 24 (NNE) 360 clear none 20:00 29 -8 16 351 (N) 432 clear none 21:00 28 -7 3 354 (N) 393 clear none 22:00 27 -5 6 61 (ENE) 354 clear none 23:00 27 -3 18 336 (NNW) 299 clear none 00:00 26 -4 7 317 (NW) 310 clear none 01:00 25 -1 12 329 (NNW) 307 clear none 02:00 25 -1 10 339 (NNW) 367 clear none 03:00 26 0 18 8 (N) 374 clear wind 04:00 27 0 23 37 (NE) 803 clear wind 05:00 25 2 20 11 (N) 530 clear wind 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