Date: Sun, 3 Mar 2013 14:17:40 -0000 (UTC) Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20130302 From: mcmillan@apo.nmsu.edu Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Saturday, March 02, 2013 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- G.Bakos X.Huang ECHELLE 18:25 05:15 T.Murphy R.McMillan APOLLO 05:15 06:20 INST SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B D B ---------------------------------------------------------------- PU05/R 18:10 05:20 0 0 0.1 0 5.0 6.1 0 0 UW14/R 05:20 06:20 0 0 0 0 0.0 1.0 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: R.McMillan Mostly clear, mostly good seeing, mostly peaceful. Focus, pointing, and tracking were all very stable. The ecam filter wheel was out of alignment at one point so I ran upstairs to fix it; after that it behaved well. ------- FAILURE LOG ------- PROG INST FAILURE MODE TIME (SEDFNVOG) TI/SHU START FINISH DESCRIPTION ---------------------------------------------------------------------- PU05 E I/H 21:58 22:04 ecam fw misaligned ---------------- FOCUS LOG --------------- Time Instrument Focus Az El Temp Strc Prim Sec Air filt FWHM -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 18:31 ECHELLE 593( -817) 241 37 3.8 5.9 5.2 5.7 4.2 ND1 1.20 05:19 APOLLO 575( 824) 7 30 5.3 4.0 4.5 4.1 4.4 530 1.20 ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:00 47 15 9 277 (W) 574 clear none 17:00 45 14 7 268 (W) 608 clear none 18:00 39 12 6 322 (NW) 628 clear none 19:00 39 10 1 291 (WNW) 574 clear none 20:00 40 9 16 322 (NW) 363 clear none 21:00 40 14 10 321 (NW) 486 clear none 22:00 40 14 9 322 (NW) 586 clear none 23:00 40 13 6 352 (N) 777 clear none 00:00 41 12 9 314 (NW) 690 clear none 01:00 40 11 10 309 (NW) 795 mstly clr none 02:00 42 10 10 287 (WNW) 849 mstly clr none 03:00 43 10 13 296 (WNW) 759 mstly clr none 04:00 41 9 11 319 (NW) 768 mstly clr none 05:00 41 9 10 317 (NW) 762 mstly clr none 06:00 42 8 11 269 (W) 740 mstly clr 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