Date: Sun, 31 Mar 2013 12:43:58 +0000 Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20130330 From: Nicholas Ule Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Saturday, March 30, 2013 ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- M.Skrutskie J.Borish TripleSpec 19:31 00:30 A.Ritchey A.Ritchey Echelle 03:10 05:44 T.Murphy R.McMillan APOLLO 05:44 06:44 INST SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B D B ---------------------------------------------------------------- UV02/R 19:31 01:10 3.7 1.4 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 UW11/R 01:10 05:44 0 2.5 0 0 0 2.6 0 0 UW14/R 05:44 06:44 0 1.0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: N.Ule Clouds and some local rain kept dome closed until 03:10, had decent sky until 05:30. Apollo was not able to get on sky. ------- 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 02:18 ECHELLE 447( -992) 211 70 5.5 6.1 6.6 6.3 5.4 ND3 0.60 ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:00 53 12 13 244 (WSW) 537 cloudy none 17:00 51 11 13 266 (W) 555 cloudy none 18:00 49 16 12 291 (WNW) 1218 cloudy none 19:00 48 17 10 283 (WNW) 1003 cloudy none 20:00 48 15 17 326 (NW) 1208 cloudy none 21:00 48 19 10 276 (W) 1248 cloudy none 22:00 46 21 10 296 (WNW) 917 cloudy none 23:00 45 20 10 271 (W) 1182 cloudy none 00:00 45 18 11 289 (WNW) 908 cloudy none 01:00 44 21 11 308 (NW) 735 cloudy none 02:00 43 22 8 43 (NE) 623 mstly cldy none 03:00 42 23 13 3 (N) 561 ptly cldy none 04:00 42 23 7 357 (N) 570 mstly clr none 05:00 43 22 15 332 (NNW) 486 mstly cldy none 06:00 43 22 11 314 (NW) 378 mstly cldy 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