Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20130911 From: alaina.apo.nmsu.edu@apo.nmsu.edu Date: Thu, 12 Sep 2013 12:00:00 +0000 (UTC) Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Wednesday, September 11, 2013 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- P.Gaulme D.Mozdzierski, J.Jackiewicz Echelle --:-- --:-- M.McElwain C.Grady DIS --:-- --:-- INST SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B D B ---------------------------------------------------------------- NM04/R 19:23 01:10 1.6 4.2 0 0 0.0 0.0 0 0 DD02/R 01:10 06:37 5.4 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: A.Bradley Another night lost to high humidity and a lot of rain. Did some more spicam darks, and much more work was done on Apollo by Tom Murphy. ------- 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:00 53 51 11 126 (SE) cloudy rain 17:00 53 52 11 122 (ESE) cloudy rain 18:00 53 52 13 158 (SSE) cloudy rain 19:00 53 52 13 131 (SE) cloudy lt rain 20:00 53 52 12 139 (SE) cloudy humid 21:00 52 51 7 86 (E) cloudy humid 22:00 52 51 17 110 (ESE) cloudy lt rain 23:00 52 51 11 87 (E) cloudy humid 00:00 52 51 12 76 (ENE) cloudy lt rain 01:00 52 51 10 77 (ENE) cloudy humid 02:00 52 51 17 74 (ENE) cloudy lt rain 03:00 52 50 15 77 (ENE) cloudy humid 04:00 52 51 11 78 (ENE) mstly cldy humid 05:00 52 50 10 87 (E) mstly cldy humid 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