Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20130313 From: alaina@apo.nmsu.edu Date: Thu, 14 Mar 2013 12:44:07 +0000 (UTC) Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Wednesday, March 13, 2013 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- B.Keeney B.Keeney, J.Stocke, DIS 19:18 06:25 CU Students INST SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B D B ---------------------------------------------------------------- CU01/R 19:18 07:06 0 0 0 0 9.9 2.1 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: A.Bradley Other than a strange motion error during first half, it was an excellent night with very good seeing and clear skies. Observers for CU01: Brian Keeney, John Stocke, Helen Yamamoto, Peter Joeris, Julie Davis, Alexandra Truebenbach ------- 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 18:43 dis-slit 234( 22) 204 67 7.0 9.6 8.6 8.8 7.0 -- 1.10 ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:00 54 14 9 257 (WSW) 827 clear none 17:00 50 10 6 262 (W) 537 clear none 18:00 50 13 7 257 (WSW) 555 clear none 19:00 45 11 2 229 (SW) 583 clear none 20:00 44 9 1 148 (SSE) 573 clear none 21:00 47 4 4 269 (W) 582 clear none 22:00 45 5 1 213 (SSW) 514 clear none 23:00 44 2 6 185 (S) 488 mstly clr none 00:00 44 7 6 186 (S) 854 clear none 01:00 43 5 5 185 (S) 424 clear none 02:00 44 6 6 204 (SSW) 1145 clear none 03:00 45 3 6 200 (SSW) 938 clear none 04:00 44 4 6 215 (SW) 929 clear none 05:00 44 8 6 204 (SSW) 1437 clear none 06:00 43 8 7 266 (W) 1643 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