Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20130509 From: alaina@apo.nmsu.edu Date: Fri, 10 May 2013 10:48:13 +0000 (UTC) Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Thursday, May 09, 2013 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- C.Wu C.Wu DIS --:-- --:-- P.Gaulme M.Rawles Echelle --:-- --:-- INST SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B D B ---------------------------------------------------------------- NM02/R 20:00 01:10 5.2 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0 0 NM03/R 01:10 05:59 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 Night was completely lost to clouds and nearby radar returns. High humidity and occasionally high winds during the second half. We also got a few minutes of light rain, but nothing substantial. ------- 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 53 18 6 268 (W) 1206 ptly cldy none 17:00 57 19 12 263 (W) 1111 ptly cldy none 18:00 53 19 7 300 (WNW) 958 cloudy none 19:00 50 19 10 241 (WSW) 1037 cloudy none 20:00 48 18 9 249 (WSW) 1027 cloudy none 21:00 47 20 5 266 (W) 7610 mstly cldy none 22:00 46 21 6 297 (WNW) 1841 cloudy none 23:00 47 21 6 352 (N) 1248 cloudy none 00:00 46 20 0 219 (SW) 1246 cloudy none 01:00 45 21 11 81 (E) 1330 cloudy none 02:00 39 25 16 71 (ENE) 1258 cloudy none 03:00 39 28 17 79 (E) 1956 cloudy lt rain 04:00 36 31 28 73 (ENE) 1323 cloudy 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