Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20130508 From: alaina@apo.nmsu.edu Date: Thu, 9 May 2013 11:34:46 +0000 (UTC) Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Wednesday, May 08, 2013 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- C.Churchill G.Kacprzak DIS --:-- --:-- M.deVal-Borro M.deVal-Borro,W.Bhatti DIS 03:02 05:08 INST SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B D B ---------------------------------------------------------------- NM07/R 19:59 01:10 5.2 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0 0 PU03/R 01:10 06:00 2.7 0 0 0 2.0 0.2 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: A.Bradley The night was mostly lost to very thick clouds and nearby radar returns (no rain). We were able to open the last few hours of the night. Seeing wasn't so great, but we still got good data out of it. ------- 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 02:20 dis-slit 200( -95) 162 30 6.6 7.0 7.4 7.1 6.4 -- 1.90 ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:00 56 17 13 230 (SW) 1151 cloudy none 17:00 52 15 22 238 (WSW) 1618 mstly cldy none 18:00 49 14 18 263 (W) 1654 cloudy none 19:00 49 11 15 271 (W) 1760 cloudy none 20:00 48 10 17 267 (W) 1313 cloudy none 21:00 47 7 9 267 (W) 1234 cloudy none 22:00 47 9 9 274 (W) 1587 cloudy none 23:00 47 13 10 297 (WNW) 1096 cloudy none 00:00 47 14 13 304 (NW) 1137 cloudy none 01:00 46 12 11 295 (WNW) 931 cloudy none 02:00 46 11 13 303 (WNW) 834 cloudy none 03:00 44 13 16 273 (W) 840 clear none 04:00 43 11 15 281 (W) 871 clear none 05:00 42 12 12 291 (WNW) 868 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