From: Patrick Gaulme Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20130811 Date: Mon, 12 Aug 2013 10:48:05 +0000 Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Sunday, August 11, 2013 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- P.Gaulme P.Gaulme, D.Mozdzierski Echelle 21:39 23:48 00:35 01:08 J.Hughes J.Hughes SPIcam 01:08 02:51 INST SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B D B ---------------------------------------------------------------- NM04/R 20:01 01:10 0.8 1.5 0 0 1.6 1.0 0 0 UW08/R 01:10 06:16 3.4 0 0 0 1.7 0.0 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: P.Gaulme, A.Shugart Mostly cloudly with risk of rain up to 21:30, then partially cloudy. Not very productive data. Second half cloud cover made us close at 03:00 and we decided to give up at 4:30 because of high humidity. ------- 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 21:58 ECHELLE 732( 140) 131 69 13.6 15.8 15.4 15.7 14.0 clear 2.09 01:39 SPICAM 884( 1349) 326 74 12.9 13.1 14.5 13.0 12.8 r 1.39 ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:00 60 27 7 177 (S) ptly cldy lt rain 17:00 62 27 4 137 (SE) mstly cldy lt rain 18:00 63 27 9 193 (SSW) mstly cldy none 19:00 62 27 2 238 (WSW) mstly cldy none 20:00 58 27 12 166 (SSE) mstly cldy none 21:00 59 27 16 139 (SE) mstly cldy none 22:00 57 27 17 124 (SE) ptly cldy none 23:00 56 28 15 109 (ESE) mstly cldy none 00:00 56 28 21 111 (ESE) mstly cldy none 01:00 56 28 18 124 (SE) ptly cldy none 02:00 56 28 19 127 (SE) ptly cldy none 03:00 55 28 12 133 (SE) cloudy none 04:00 54 28 22 132 (SE) cloudy humid Note: the wind was coming from the azimuth listed. The convention used is north=3D0 degrees, east=3D90 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