Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20130320 From: dembicky@apo.nmsu.edu Date: Thu, 21 Mar 2013 11:42:13 +0000 (UTC) Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Wednesday, March 20, 2013 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- M.Fumagalli M.Fumagalli, S.Colombo TSPEC 20:24 23:24 INST SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B D B ---------------------------------------------------------------- PU03/O 19:24 06:57 3.7 4.9 0 0 0 3.0 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: J.Dembicky We got a few hours of observing in before the clouds closed us down. We gave up at 05:15. ------- 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 20:28 TSPEC 480( 268) 35 59 4.3 5.5 5.9 5.8 4.4 Ks 1.10 ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:00 43 23 14 199 (SSW) 1856 cloudy none 17:00 43 24 15 212 (SSW) 1662 cloudy none 18:00 42 25 14 213 (SSW) 1597 cloudy none 19:00 41 25 16 219 (SW) 1886 mstly cldy none 20:00 39 25 20 214 (SW) 1605 ptly cldy none 21:00 40 22 16 218 (SW) 2049 mstly clr none 22:00 41 20 16 261 (W) 2017 ptly cldy none 23:00 41 20 20 246 (WSW) 2168 ptly cldy none 00:00 42 20 13 243 (WSW) 2120 cloudy none 01:00 42 19 14 264 (W) 2154 cloudy none 02:00 43 19 15 243 (WSW) 2126 cloudy none 03:00 42 20 15 253 (WSW) 2194 cloudy none 04:00 42 19 12 254 (WSW) 2121 cloudy none 05:00 41 19 12 263 (W) 1703 cloudy 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