Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20130304 From: dembicky@apo.nmsu.edu Date: Tue, 5 Mar 2013 13:37:20 +0000 (UTC) Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Monday, March 04, 2013 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- A.Verbiscer A.Verbiscer SPICam 19:30 05:11 T.Murphy R.McMillan APOLLO 05:15 06:17 INST SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B D B ---------------------------------------------------------------- UV01/R 18:12 05:17 0 0 0 0 7.2 3.9 0 0 UW14/R 05:17 06:17 0 0 0 0 0.0 1.0 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: J.Dembicky Dust and wind kept us closed at the start of the night. Mediocre seeing most of the night (1.5-2.0 arc sec). ------- 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 19:37 SPICAM 470( 229) -13 57 3.4 5.9 6.2 6.1 3.9 SDSS i 1.42 19:41 NA2gdr 270(30270) -14 57 3.4 5.8 6.1 5.6 3.8 R 1.60 20:35 SPICAM 494( 142) 60 62 3.2 3.8 4.4 3.4 3.1 SDSS i 2.00 20:37 NA2gdr 16(30016) 59 62 3.1 3.7 4.2 3.4 2.9 R 1.90 05:51 APOLLO 544( 561) 14 35 -0.2 -0.4 0.2 -0.5 -0.3 -- 2.00 ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:00 47 11 45 277 (W) 10601 ptly cldy dust 17:00 45 8 32 289 (WNW) 73637 ptly cldy dust 18:00 43 10 19 273 (W) 27655 mstly clr dust 19:00 40 14 12 303 (WNW) 7166 mstly clr dust 20:00 39 16 14 307 (NW) 857 clear none 21:00 37 15 22 300 (WNW) 565 clear none 22:00 36 15 19 20 (NNE) 611 clear none 23:00 36 15 20 356 (N) 788 clear none 00:00 35 17 26 26 (NNE) 832 clear none 01:00 36 13 5 343 (NNW) 756 clear none 02:00 34 12 11 27 (NNE) 799 clear none 03:00 34 12 9 355 (N) 772 clear none 04:00 32 14 3 18 (NNE) 752 clear none 05:00 30 13 9 352 (N) 811 clear none 06:00 31 10 8 14 (NNE) 846 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