Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20130512 From: Nicholas Ule Date: Mon, 13 May 2013 11:53:26 +0000 Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Sunday, May 12, 2013 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- J.Hughesq J.Hughes SPIcam 19:59 01:04 G.Bakos M.ValBorro ECHELLE 01:06 05:12 INST SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B D B ---------------------------------------------------------------- UW08/R 20:02 01:10 0 0 0 0 2.8 2.4 0 0 PU05/R 01:10 05:57 0 0 0 0 4.8 0.0 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: N.Ule Clouds and rains threatened early on but moved off to the west or broke up. Seeing was great for the rest of the night. ------- 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 19:31 SPICAM 667( 640) -24 55 8.1 10.1 8.9 10.1 8.4 MSSSO R 1.07 ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:00 47 30 9 229 (SW) 789 cloudy none 17:00 54 30 12 261 (W) 709 mstly cldy none 18:00 54 26 1 209 (SSW) 744 mstly cldy none 19:00 50 24 5 236 (SW) 702 ptly cldy none 20:00 48 25 5 257 (WSW) 731 mstly clr none 21:00 47 24 5 135 (SE) 768 clear none 22:00 45 25 7 126 (SE) 877 clear none 23:00 43 25 12 117 (ESE) 847 clear none 00:00 44 24 8 111 (ESE) 807 clear none 01:00 45 25 11 77 (ENE) 873 clear none 02:00 44 24 9 85 (E) 842 clear none 03:00 44 24 8 36 (NE) 787 clear none 04:00 45 25 8 30 (NNE) 799 clear none 05:00 44 25 9 10 (N) 896 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