Date: Mon, 2 Sep 2013 12:00:30 -0000 (UTC) Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20130901 From: mcmillan@apo.nmsu.edu Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Sunday, September 01, 2013 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- P.Gaulme M.Rawls,D.Mozdjierski Echelle 19:45 04:30 J.Prieto J.Prieto DIS 04:35 05:40 INST SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B D B ---------------------------------------------------------------- NM04/R 19:36 01:10 0 0 0 0 5.6 0.0 0 0 NM04/R 01:10 04:30 0 0 0 0 2.8 0.5 0 0 PU04/R 04:30 06:30 0 0 0 0 0.0 2.0 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: R.McMillan Mostly clear or thin clouds for most of the night, but seeing was never better than mediocre and sometimes worse than 3 arcsec. Humidity spiked just around the beginning of morning twilight, but I thought it was okay to push it long enough to get all the planned observations. Everything worked perfectly. ------- 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 19:00 ECHELLE 636( 197) 126 60 17.0 18.7 18.7 18.3 16.8 ND1 1.80 23:27 ECHELLE 604( -30) 242 67 14.9 15.0 15.5 15.0 14.8 Clear 1.32 ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:00 71 41 8 100 (E) ptly cldy none 17:00 69 40 14 90 (E) ptly cldy none 18:00 68 41 16 73 (ENE) mstly clr none 19:00 65 42 18 75 (ENE) mstly clr none 20:00 63 43 13 93 (E) clear none 21:00 62 42 19 84 (E) clear none 22:00 61 42 11 89 (E) clear none 23:00 60 44 11 93 (E) clear none 00:00 59 44 14 100 (E) clear none 01:00 59 43 8 93 (E) mstly clr none 02:00 58 43 17 82 (E) mstly clr none 03:00 58 44 17 84 (E) mstly clr none 04:00 56 45 16 72 (ENE) ptly cldy none 05:00 54 48 18 77 (ENE) 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