Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20130307 From: dembicky@apo.nmsu.edu Date: Fri, 8 Mar 2013 12:09:40 +0000 (UTC) Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Thursday, March 07, 2013 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- D.York L.Straka, J.Bubeck GIFS 18:50 20:30 S.Johnson S.Johnson DIS --:-- --:-- INST SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B D B ---------------------------------------------------------------- UC04/R 18:14 00:10 4.2 0 0 0 1.7 0.0 0 0 UC01/R 00:10 06:14 3.8 2.3 0 0 0 0 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: J.Dembicky We got a little bit with GIFS before the clouds came back and closed us for the remainder of the night. ------- 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 19:12 GIFS 269( 137) 75 61 6.2 8.1 8.2 8.2 6.3 6766 1.10 19:12 NA2gdr -2815(27184) 75 61 6.2 8.1 8.2 8.2 6.3 clear 1.04 ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:00 49 16 19 245 (WSW) 1000 cloudy none 17:00 47 14 19 247 (WSW) 787 cloudy none 18:00 44 14 25 225 (SW) 811 mstly cldy none 19:00 43 14 19 216 (SW) 1045 mstly cldy none 20:00 43 14 16 218 (SW) 1246 cloudy none 21:00 44 14 12 229 (SW) 1411 cloudy none 22:00 44 15 13 215 (SW) 1436 cloudy none 23:00 42 17 17 243 (WSW) 1272 cloudy none 00:00 41 17 14 245 (WSW) 1055 cloudy none 01:00 39 18 12 209 (SSW) 889 cloudy none 02:00 38 18 16 214 (SW) 715 cloudy none 03:00 38 18 18 205 (SSW) 521 cloudy none 04:00 37 18 17 201 (SSW) 693 cloudy none 05:00 37 20 13 235 (SW) 636 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