Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20130410 From: alaina@apo.nmsu.edu Date: Thu, 11 Apr 2013 12:13:14 +0000 (UTC) Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Wednesday, April 10, 2013 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- P.Yoachim P.Yoachim DIS --:-- --:-- J.Stocke J.Stocke, B.Keeney DIS 01:40 06:00 INST SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B D B ---------------------------------------------------------------- UW02/R 19:38 01:10 5.0 0.5 0 0 0.0 0.0 0 0 CU03/R 01:10 06:30 0.5 0 0 0 4.8 0.0 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: A.Bradley First half was lost to nearby radar returns and a few snow flurries. We got open shortly into second half. Seeing got very bad towards the end of the night, but skies stayed clear. ------- 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 00:51 dis-slit 330( -452) -56 66 -3.0 -1.6 -0.6 -1.6 -2.8 -- 1.74 04:05 dis-slit 505( -422) -88 51 -4.9 -4.7 -4.2 -4.7 -5.0 -- 2.40 ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:00 33 19 12 247 (WSW) 1873 cloudy lt snow 17:00 34 18 19 243 (WSW) 1737 cloudy none 18:00 33 16 18 257 (WSW) 1982 cloudy none 19:00 33 16 25 243 (WSW) 2099 cloudy none 20:00 31 15 16 247 (WSW) 1438 cloudy none 21:00 31 16 20 244 (WSW) 1330 cloudy none 22:00 29 22 7 314 (NW) 1548 cloudy humid 23:00 26 21 18 17 (NNE) 968 cloudy humid 00:00 26 20 9 4 (N) 780 cloudy humid 01:00 26 17 10 329 (NNW) 757 ptly cldy none 02:00 27 18 18 311 (NW) 797 clear none 03:00 28 14 15 323 (NW) 759 clear none 04:00 24 15 21 11 (N) 932 clear none 05:00 23 13 13 352 (N) 1141 clear none 06:00 23 12 25 346 (NNW) 907 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