Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20130703 From: alaina.apo.nmsu.edu@apo.nmsu.edu Date: Thu, 4 Jul 2013 11:56:16 +0000 (UTC) Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Wednesday, July 03, 2013 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- S.Johnson S.Johnson DIS 22:43 01:07 G.Wallerstein G.Wallerstein Echelle 02:02 05:40 INST SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B D B ---------------------------------------------------------------- UC01/R 20:24 01:10 2.4 0 0 0 2.4 0.0 0 0 PU01/R 01:10 02:10 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 1.0 0 UW12/R 02:10 05:51 0 0 0 0 1.0 2.7 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: A.Bradley The beginning of the night was lodt to heavy clouds and nearby radar returns. No rain today. When second half came around, Miguel was unreachable. I let Sean continue until 02:00 when George Wallerstein signed in to finish out the night. The rest of the night was cleare with decent seeing until the last hour or two, when clouds started rolling in again. ------- 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 21:54 dis-slit 200( 268) -7 66 13.6 15.0 15.3 15.2 13.8 -- 1.65 01:12 ECHELLE 493( -600) 118 69 13.1 12.9 13.4 12.9 12.8 ND3 1.15 ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:00 65 49 16 222 (SW) 445 cloudy none 17:00 61 45 8 197 (SSW) 385 cloudy none 18:00 61 45 6 186 (S) 410 cloudy none 19:00 61 46 2 218 (SW) 416 cloudy none 20:00 59 42 1 224 (SW) 376 cloudy none 21:00 59 43 2 336 (NNW) 381 cloudy none 22:00 57 44 1 244 (WSW) 407 mstly clr none 23:00 57 44 6 185 (S) 437 clear none 00:00 56 43 6 186 (S) 469 clear none 01:00 55 42 11 182 (S) 497 clear none 02:00 56 41 8 186 (S) 484 clear none 03:00 55 42 7 191 (S) 507 mstly clr none 04:00 55 42 7 209 (SSW) 619 mstly cldy none 05:00 57 40 5 257 (WSW) 379 cloudy 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