Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20130510 From: alaina@apo.nmsu.edu Date: Sat, 11 May 2013 10:49:18 +0000 (UTC) Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Friday, May 10, 2013 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- C.Wu C.Wu DIS --:-- --:-- S.Stierwalt R.Beaton SPICAM --:-- --:-- INST SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B D B ---------------------------------------------------------------- NM02/R 20:01 01:10 4.4 0.8 0 0 0.0 0.0 0 0 UV07/R 01:10 05:58 4.8 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: A.Bradley The night was enormously cloudy, with lots of humidity and fog with occasional rain and high winds. We never opened, and the second half observer was doing very long exposures, so gave up early at 03:00. I did fills at 04:30. ------- 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 34 32 12 52 (NE) 495 cloudy humid 17:00 39 30 11 185 (S) 1226 cloudy humid 18:00 40 28 3 281 (W) 898 cloudy humid 19:00 37 32 4 267 (W) 26324 cloudy humid 20:00 35 32 8 14 (NNE) 10580 cloudy humid 21:00 37 31 6 78 (ENE) 1663 cloudy humid 22:00 39 28 8 131 (SE) 1218 mstly cldy humid 23:00 36 31 23 70 (ENE) 2694 mstly clr humid 00:00 34 32 20 71 (ENE) 2144 ptly cldy humid 01:00 34 32 21 72 (ENE) 622 ptly cldy humid 02:00 34 32 22 73 (ENE) 532 mstly clr humid 03:00 35 31 12 76 (ENE) 399 mstly clr humid 04:00 35 31 22 68 (ENE) 327 clear humid 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