Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20130705 From: alaina.apo.nmsu.edu@apo.nmsu.edu Date: Sat, 6 Jul 2013 11:11:35 +0000 (UTC) Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Friday, July 05, 2013 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- S.Ballard S.Ballard TSPEC --:-- --:-- G.Bakos X.Huang ECHELLE 02:15 04:55 INST SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B D B ---------------------------------------------------------------- UW01/R 20:24 01:10 4.8 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0 0 PU02/R 01:10 05:52 1.0 0 0 0 2.6 1.1 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: A.Bradley First half was lost to heavy clouds and nearby radar returns. No rain. We did have a dust spike that lasted about an hour, but it calmed down after that. Opened in second half and had pretty good seeing. More clouds rolled in for the last hour or two. No problems to report, everything well behaved. ------- 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 01:28 ECHELLE 277( -579) 264 78 16.7 17.6 18.2 17.7 16.4 ND2 1.01 ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:00 71 43 8 257 (WSW) 1029 ptly cldy none 17:00 73 41 5 262 (W) 745 ptly cldy none 18:00 73 41 10 188 (S) 777 ptly cldy none 19:00 72 42 12 228 (SW) 1181 cloudy dust 20:00 67 42 7 187 (S) 3173 cloudy none 21:00 66 41 12 175 (S) 3198 cloudy none 22:00 65 41 12 169 (S) 3401 cloudy none 23:00 64 40 13 157 (SSE) 2797 cloudy none 00:00 66 38 14 186 (S) 1385 cloudy none 01:00 63 38 9 181 (S) 1343 mstly cldy none 02:00 62 40 8 192 (SSW) 1222 clear none 03:00 65 41 6 227 (SW) 1426 clear none 04:00 63 41 4 243 (WSW) 1485 ptly cldy none 05:00 59 42 7 339 (NNW) 1169 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