From: Patrick Gaulme Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20130812 Date: Tue, 13 Aug 2013 11:53:02 +0000 Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Monday, August 12, 2013 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- T.Murphy R.McMillan APOLLO 20:12 21:00 M.Kasliwal M.Kasliwal,Y.Cao DIS 21:12 23:13 J.Prieto J.Prieto DIS 23:15 01:09 E.Ellingson E.Ellingson DIS 01:10 06:00 INST SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B D B ---------------------------------------------------------------- DD01/R 20:00 21:00 0 0 0 0 0.0 1.0 0 0 PU05/R 21:00 23:10 0 0 0 0 0.0 2.2 0 0 PU04/R 23:10 01:10 0 0 0 0 2.0 0.1 0 0 CU05/R 01:10 06:17 0 0 0 0 5.1 0.0 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: P.Gaulme Starting yesterday afternnon we saw that the echelle was consuming an exces= sve amout on N2. Please refer to the problem report submitted (#1452). Filling was normal at 00:00 and there was no frost on the valves. The press= ue in the nurse tank was also normal and there was still a good amount of l= iquid N2 (270 pds 6 hours after refill). We did not have any technical problem, productive night. ------- 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 20:21 APOLLO 684( 2077) -47 29 14.9 19.3 18.8 19.4 15.6 530 2.00 21:20 dis-slit 394( 913) 103 37 14.0 16.4 16.2 16.1 14.1 - 1.90 23:22 dis-slit 484( 899) 4 40 14.6 14.4 14.7 14.3 14.1 - 1.09 01:24 dis-slit 521( 981) 74 17 15.0 14.3 14.8 14.4 14.8 - 2.00 ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:00 66 50 4 222 (SW) mstly cldy none 17:00 70 50 8 224 (SW) mstly cldy none 18:00 70 53 7 257 (WSW) mstly cldy none 19:00 63 51 3 346 (NNW) ptly cldy none 20:00 61 49 5 352 (N) clear humid 21:00 58 52 7 86 (E) mstly clr humid 22:00 58 51 8 83 (E) clear none 23:00 58 49 7 94 (E) clear none 00:00 58 48 5 90 (E) mstly clr none 01:00 58 48 2 135 (SE) mstly clr none 02:00 58 47 10 135 (SE) mstly clr none 03:00 57 49 10 125 (SE) mstly clr none 04:00 56 50 3 110 (ESE) mstly clr none 05:00 55 49 8 183 (S) mstly clr none 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