Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20130402 From: dembicky@apo.nmsu.edu Date: Wed, 3 Apr 2013 12:57:17 +0000 (UTC) Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Tuesday, April 02, 2013 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- B.Keeney B.Keeney, J.Stocke SPIcam 20:33 01:00 E.Ellingson E.Ellingson, CU Students DIS 01:00 05:55 T.Murphy R.McMillan APOLLO 06:00 06:40 INST SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B D B ---------------------------------------------------------------- CU02/R 19:33 01:10 1.0 0 0 0 5.6 0.0 0 0 CU01/R 01:10 05:55 0 0 0 0 0.9 3.8 0 0 DD01/R 05:55 06:40 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.8 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: J.Dembicky Delayed opening due to wind and dust levels. CU Students training tonight: Stacey Pugeski, Eric McNeil, Jesse Caldweli, Amber Hall, Joel Medez, Brandon Parllet, Ben Gean ------- 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 20:48 SPICAM 615( 495) 122 63 6.1 8.4 8.8 8.2 6.2 SDSS r 1.00 20:50 NA2gdr -904(29095) 122 63 6.1 8.2 8.6 7.7 6.0 R 1.10 22:07 SPICAM 497( 237) 140 76 5.3 5.7 6.3 5.3 5.1 SDSS r 0.91 01:36 dis-slit 419( -99) -16 56 3.5 3.3 3.9 3.3 3.2 -- 1.18 06:05 APOLLO 569( 641) 43 30 0.1 0.5 1.0 0.5 0.0 -- 1.20 ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:00 51 12 15 255 (WSW) 1509 ptly cldy none 17:00 53 10 29 239 (WSW) 4872 ptly cldy none 18:00 50 9 28 252 (WSW) 3763 mstly clr none 19:00 48 5 29 256 (WSW) 4652 mstly clr none 20:00 44 0 21 261 (W) 5742 mstly clr none 21:00 43 2 21 263 (W) 1959 clear none 22:00 42 2 22 290 (WNW) 1041 clear none 23:00 41 6 8 359 (N) 1907 clear none 00:00 40 9 6 8 (N) 1902 clear none 01:00 38 9 6 234 (SW) 1652 clear none 02:00 36 8 7 232 (SW) 1522 clear none 03:00 34 16 1 207 (SSW) 1857 clear none 04:00 34 17 1 346 (NNW) 1876 clear none 05:00 34 18 14 21 (NNE) 1063 clear none 06:00 32 19 13 16 (NNE) 957 ptly 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