Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20130427 From: Nicholas Ule Date: Sun, 28 Apr 2013 12:22:24 +0000 Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Saturday, April 27, 2013 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- J.Borish J.Borish TripleSpec 19:57 01:10 D.Syphers D.Syphers TSpec 01:10 05:40 INST SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B D B ---------------------------------------------------------------- UV08/R 19:51 01:10 0 0 0 0 2.2 3.1 0 0 CU08/R 01:10 06:10 0 0 0 0 0.0 5.0 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: N.Ule Night began with some light cloud cover which hampered seeing somewhat. The rest of the night was fairly smooth. Seeing was adequate and the neither observer asked for the telescope to be focused further. ------- 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:00 56 11 8 253 (WSW) 1472 clear none 17:00 58 12 9 287 (WNW) 1359 clear none 18:00 59 11 11 260 (W) 1293 clear none 19:00 54 9 7 323 (NW) 1367 mstly clr none 20:00 51 9 3 329 (NNW) 1373 ptly cldy none 21:00 51 9 4 266 (W) 1392 ptly cldy none 22:00 47 11 8 90 (E) 1484 clear none 23:00 46 18 14 90 (E) 1855 clear none 00:00 46 18 10 84 (E) 1775 clear none 01:00 46 18 9 113 (ESE) 1764 clear none 02:00 46 18 10 112 (ESE) 1795 clear none 03:00 46 18 9 128 (SE) 1825 mstly clr none 04:00 45 18 6 118 (ESE) 1775 clear none 05:00 44 21 7 125 (SE) 1887 clear none 06:00 47 18 3 165 (SSE) 1702 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