Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20130902 From: mcmillan@apo.nmsu.edu Date: Tue, 3 Sep 2013 12:13:37 +0000 (UTC) Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Monday, September 02, 2013 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- L.Hebb L.Hebb DIS 21:30 22:25 D.York D.York DIS 22:25 23:45 E.Levesque G.Stringfellow, DIS,Echelle 01:30 06:15 B.Keeney,E.Ellingson, K.France INST SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B D B ---------------------------------------------------------------- UW03/R 19:35 22:23 1.9 0 0 0 0.9 0.0 0 0 UC02/R 22:23 01:10 1.4 0 0 0 1.4 0.0 0 0 CU01/R 01:10 06:31 0.3 0 0 0 3.5 1.6 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: R.McMillan We had threat of rain and high humidity at the start of the night, but were able to open a few hours later. Although there were clouds all night, we actually managed to get data for six different PIs (including four under the CU01 umbrella). The very faintest object may have been stymied by the clouds, but it might still be usable. Everything worked well. ------- 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 20:38 dis-slit 487( 843) -4 63 13.1 13.8 14.3 13.8 13.2 - 1.30 01:09 ECHELLE 666( -39) -90 42 13.2 13.1 13.5 13.2 12.9 ND2 1.35 ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:00 57 45 2 282 (WNW) cloudy rain 17:00 53 47 6 186 (S) cloudy none 18:00 54 48 5 109 (ESE) cloudy none 19:00 58 45 12 129 (SE) mstly cldy none 20:00 56 48 14 87 (E) mstly cldy none 21:00 57 48 16 77 (ENE) ptly cldy none 22:00 55 51 13 67 (ENE) mstly clr none 23:00 59 45 11 64 (ENE) ptly cldy none 00:00 56 50 15 75 (ENE) mstly cldy none 01:00 56 49 16 77 (ENE) ptly cldy none 02:00 56 48 12 79 (E) ptly cldy none 03:00 55 48 15 84 (E) ptly cldy none 04:00 54 48 13 82 (E) ptly cldy none 05:00 54 48 8 85 (E) 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