Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20130430 From: dembicky@apo.nmsu.edu Date: Wed, 1 May 2013 11:58:22 +0000 (UTC) Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Tuesday, April 30, 2013 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- A.Truebenbach A.Truebenbach SPICAM 19:53 01:10 N.Ule N.Ule ECHELLE 01:10 05:30 INST SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B D B ---------------------------------------------------------------- CU04/R 19:53 01:10 0 0 0 0 5.0 0.3 0 0 NM04/R 01:10 06:07 0 0 0 0 0.0 4.9 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: J.Dembicky Pointing was off with the Echelle. Star in the upper right corner almost out of field. Fixed with echtilt. -29 XTilt, -463 YTILT No problems tonight. ------- 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 20:27 SPICAM 686( 900) 137 62 13.4 14.9 15.7 14.3 13.2 SDSS r 0.94 20:30 NA2gdr 587(30587) 137 63 13.3 14.8 15.5 14.2 12.9 R 1.10 21:12 SPICAM 422( 572) 147 68 13.1 13.7 14.2 13.2 12.8 SDSS r 1.10 21:14 NA2gdr -1983(28016) 148 68 13.1 13.7 14.2 13.2 12.8 R 1.10 23:22 SPICAM 428( 513) 207 70 13.0 12.5 13.0 12.5 12.4 SDSS z 0.75 23:23 NA2gdr -1177(28822) 207 70 13.0 12.5 13.0 12.5 12.4 clear 0.84 01:18 ECHELLE 525( -585) 138 42 12.4 12.0 12.6 12.2 12.0 ND4 0.93 ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:00 64 22 16 241 (WSW) 2129 clear none 17:00 66 23 23 226 (SW) 2377 clear none 18:00 63 20 13 267 (W) 2027 clear none 19:00 61 18 22 256 (WSW) 2699 clear none 20:00 57 13 10 264 (W) 3761 clear none 21:00 56 11 17 265 (W) 2466 clear none 22:00 55 11 16 264 (W) 2084 clear none 23:00 56 11 17 293 (WNW) 2142 clear none 00:00 54 11 14 281 (W) 1771 clear none 01:00 54 11 13 298 (WNW) 2051 clear none 02:00 54 11 10 307 (NW) 2748 clear none 03:00 54 10 16 306 (NW) 2379 clear none 04:00 53 10 13 294 (WNW) 2771 clear none 05:00 51 9 12 355 (N) 3229 mstly clr 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