Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20130917 From: dembicky@apo.nmsu.edu Date: Wed, 18 Sep 2013 11:25:30 +0000 (UTC) Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Tuesday, September 17, 2013 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- A.Youngblood A.Youngblood TripleSpec --:-- --:-- M.Fumagalli M.Fumagalli TripleSpec --:-- --:-- INST SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B D B ---------------------------------------------------------------- CU06/R 19:15 01:10 0 5.9 0 0 0 0 0 0 PU07/R 01:10 06:41 0.7 4.8 0 0 0 0 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: J.Dembicky Humidity kept us closed all night long. Observer gave up at 04:50 with humidity stable for the past several hours at 97+% ------- 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 56 52 8 190 (S) mstly cldy none 17:00 58 52 14 204 (SSW) mstly cldy humid 18:00 56 52 10 210 (SSW) mstly cldy humid 19:00 54 52 11 129 (SE) mstly clr humid 20:00 52 51 20 132 (SE) mstly clr humid 21:00 52 51 14 142 (SE) mstly cldy humid 22:00 52 51 17 150 (SSE) mstly cldy humid 23:00 51 51 19 143 (SE) mstly cldy humid 00:00 51 50 16 143 (SE) mstly cldy humid 01:00 51 50 17 142 (SE) mstly cldy humid 02:00 50 50 15 135 (SE) mstly cldy humid 03:00 50 50 12 156 (SSE) mstly cldy humid 04:00 50 50 14 167 (SSE) mstly cldy humid 05:00 50 49 12 144 (SE) 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: 2.1.0