Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20130515 From: dembicky@apo.nmsu.edu Date: Thu, 16 May 2013 12:12:57 +0000 (UTC) Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Wednesday, May 15, 2013 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- G.Gyuk M.Hammergrin, G.Gyuk, DIS 20:04 21:20 M.Solontoi 23:50 01:10 K.Pan K.Pan DIS 01:10 05:55 INST SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B D B ---------------------------------------------------------------- UC04/R 20:04 01:10 0 2.5 0 0 0.7 1.9 0 0 DD03/R 01:10 05:55 0 0 0 0 4.8 0.0 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: J.Dembicky 21:20 closed due to clouds and nearby radar returns I found NICFPS Ion pump pegged this morning (05:30). Pressure was 8.9e-6 torr Max is 8.8e-6 torr. Temperatures looked fine. ------- 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 20:21 dis-slit 665( 795) 78 66 14.9 16.2 15.7 16.2 14.8 -- 0.97 00:01 dis-slit 476( 518) -43 48 13.3 14.2 15.0 14.2 13.5 -- 1.57 00:03 NA2gdr 3869(25869) -44 48 13.4 14.1 14.9 14.2 13.3 clear 1.10 01:13 dis-slit 429( 392) 22 55 12.3 12.8 13.3 12.6 11.9 -- 1.23 01:15 NA2gdr 4466(26466) 22 55 12.1 12.8 13.4 12.6 12.0 clear 1.10 ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:00 62 25 10 287 (WNW) 1045 ptly cldy none 17:00 62 24 11 295 (WNW) 1196 ptly cldy none 18:00 67 25 20 265 (W) 1116 ptly cldy none 19:00 63 24 18 279 (W) 1200 ptly cldy none 20:00 59 23 7 268 (W) 1353 ptly cldy none 21:00 59 24 12 267 (W) 1764 cloudy none 22:00 59 24 12 277 (W) 1569 cloudy none 23:00 57 22 10 272 (W) 1438 cloudy none 00:00 56 22 6 237 (WSW) 2126 ptly cldy none 01:00 54 22 8 328 (NNW) 1501 clear none 02:00 54 20 4 57 (ENE) 1067 clear none 03:00 54 19 11 6 (N) 961 clear none 04:00 53 20 10 358 (N) 1072 clear none 05:00 52 20 14 7 (N) 1116 clear none 06:00 52 19 3 58 (ENE) 1083 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