Date: Sun, 10 Feb 2013 10:21:38 -0000 (UTC) Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20130209 From: "Alysha Shugart" Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Saturday, February 09, 2013 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- A.Riess V.Kostov DIS 20:00 22:00 S.Stierwalt D.Whelan,S.Stierwalt SPICAM --:-- --:-- INST SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B D B ---------------------------------------------------------------- JH04/R 17:52 00:10 4.3 0 0 0 2.0 0.0 0 0 UV04/R 00:10 06:42 6.5 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: A.Shugart Dust, high winds, and high humidity kept us closed most of the night. Closed at 10 pm due to high humidity, and did not open again. UV04 users called it a night at 2:00. I stayed up until 3:00 to do fills. ------- 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 20:13 dis-slit 706( -236) 191 70 -9.2 -4.7 -1.7 -5.7 -8.5 -- 1.75 20:37 dis-slit 625( -396) 216 77 -9.2 -6.2 -4.8 -7.0 -8.8 -- 1.79 -------------- WEATHER LOG --------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:00 23 14 31 270 (W) 40268 mstly cldy dust 17:00 21 12 32 269 (W) 15643 mstly cldy dust 18:00 18 6 43 279 (W) 11352 ptly cldy dust 19:00 17 6 17 263 (W) 6030 mstly clr dust 20:00 16 6 11 273 (W) 1897 clear none 21:00 15 8 20 266 (W) 555 mstly clr none 22:00 14 9 22 283 (WNW) 802 ptly cldy humid 23:00 14 9 19 269 (W) 253 ptly cldy humid 00:00 14 9 25 269 (W) 239 ptly cldy humid 01:00 13 10 21 270 (W) 244 mstly cldy humid 02:00 13 9 11 284 (WNW) 295 mstly cldy humid 03:00 13 9 12 281 (W) 267 mstly cldy humid 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