Date: Mon, 11 Mar 2013 13:14:31 -0000 (UTC) Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20130310 From: "Alysha Shugart" Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Sunday, March 10, 2013 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- D.Syphers D.Syphers DIS 19:30 01:05 J.Darling J.Darling SPICAM 01:15 07:15 INST SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B D B ---------------------------------------------------------------- CU03/R 19:16 01:10 0 0 0 0 5.9 0.0 0 0 CU02/R 01:10 07:10 0 0 0 0 5.7 0.3 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: A.Shugart A little snow at first, but the night cleared, and the humidity stayed safe all night. Good seeing, no problems. ------- 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 20:14 dis-slit 444( -422) 128 55 -4.3 -3.5 -3.2 -3.1 -4.4 -- 1.96 02:07 SPICAM 500( -235) 326 58 -3.4 -3.8 -3.3 -3.7 -3.8 MSSSO R 0.85 ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:00 25 17 9 277 (W) 221 cloudy lt snow 17:00 29 18 7 266 (W) 171 mstly cldy lt snow 18:00 25 18 10 327 (NNW) 167 mstly clr none 19:00 25 18 11 319 (NW) 183 mstly clr none 20:00 24 18 6 311 (NW) 181 clear none 21:00 25 17 4 8 (N) 271 clear none 22:00 27 11 8 14 (NNE) 418 clear none 23:00 26 14 13 349 (N) 359 clear none 00:00 26 14 12 337 (NNW) 406 clear none 01:00 27 15 10 353 (N) 382 clear none 02:00 26 15 15 21 (NNE) 401 clear none 03:00 26 15 7 345 (NNW) 393 clear none 04:00 25 15 6 354 (N) 377 clear none 05:00 25 15 8 325 (NW) 329 clear none 06:00 26 15 5 327 (NNW) 452 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