Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20130314 From: alaina@apo.nmsu.edu Date: Fri, 15 Mar 2013 12:44:47 +0000 (UTC) Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Thursday, March 14, 2013 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- B.Keeney B.Keeney, J.Stocke, Spicam 18:50 00:54 CU Students J.Greene J.Greene, A.Reines DIS 01:04 06:25 INST SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B D B ---------------------------------------------------------------- CU01/R 19:19 01:10 0 0 0 0 2.7 3.0 0 0 PU02/R 01:10 07:05 0 0 0 0 6.0 0.0 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: A.Bradley Observers for CU01: Brian Keeney, John Stocke, Helen Yamamoto, Peter Joeris, Julie Davis, Alexandra Truebenbach Productive night with very 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 18:54 SPICAM 297( 317) 209 66 9.5 11.2 10.8 10.7 9.7 sdss r 1.25 19:01 SPICAM 279( 298) 210 65 9.4 10.9 10.6 10.4 9.4 645/10 1.31 19:04 SPICAM 316( 323) 211 65 9.4 10.8 10.6 10.3 9.5 661/7.5 1.02 19:09 SPICAM 342( 341) 212 64 9.5 10.7 10.5 10.3 9.5 sdss r 1.08 ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:00 53 11 13 277 (W) 1191 clear none 17:00 53 12 5 335 (NNW) 959 clear none 18:00 51 11 9 332 (NNW) 845 clear none 19:00 50 11 2 264 (W) 949 clear none 20:00 49 11 3 342 (NNW) 780 clear none 21:00 49 11 4 4 (N) 686 clear none 22:00 48 10 3 309 (NW) 622 clear none 23:00 48 10 5 269 (W) 908 clear none 00:00 47 10 5 258 (WSW) 1016 clear none 01:00 46 7 6 245 (WSW) 1145 clear none 02:00 47 6 9 231 (SW) 1228 clear none 03:00 47 6 6 199 (SSW) 1379 clear none 04:00 47 7 7 261 (W) 1276 clear none 05:00 47 6 8 297 (WNW) 967 clear none 06:00 46 7 5 265 (W) 989 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