Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20130710 From: dembicky@apo.nmsu.edu Date: Thu, 11 Jul 2013 10:48:03 +0000 (UTC) Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Wednesday, July 10, 2013 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- K.Hamm K.Hamm DIS 22:30 01:14 S.Johnson S.Johnson DIS 01:14 04:20 INST SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B D B ---------------------------------------------------------------- UV06/R 20:23 01:10 0.8 1.3 0 0 2.7 0 0 0 UC01/R 01:10 05:55 1.7 0 0 0 3.1 0.0 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: J.Dembicky Nearby thunderstorms and clouds kept us closed at the beginning of the night. Lightning from a nearby forming system to our South/SouthWest closed us at 04:20. No problems tonight. ------- 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 22:31 dis-slit 362( 578) 174 62 17.4 17.9 17.9 18.1 17.3 -- 1.00 01:22 dis-slit 345( 446) 92 61 15.6 15.6 16.1 15.7 15.4 -- 0.96 ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:00 68 56 5 250 (WSW) 729 cloudy lt rain 17:00 64 51 7 162 (SSE) 738 mstly cldy lt rain 18:00 67 51 11 212 (SSW) 683 mstly cldy none 19:00 66 49 9 161 (SSE) 541 mstly clr none 20:00 64 47 13 147 (SSE) 535 ptly cldy none 21:00 64 46 13 145 (SE) 496 mstly clr none 22:00 64 47 15 128 (SE) 550 mstly clr none 23:00 63 49 19 135 (SE) 483 mstly clr none 00:00 61 51 19 136 (SE) 831 mstly clr none 01:00 61 51 24 131 (SE) 770 mstly clr none 02:00 59 51 21 146 (SE) 1385 ptly cldy none 03:00 60 50 19 165 (SSE) 1540 ptly cldy none 04:00 61 50 18 179 (S) 803 ptly cldy 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