Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20130926 From: pgaulme.apo.nmsu.edu@apo.nmsu.edu Date: Fri, 27 Sep 2013 10:43:23 +0000 (UTC) Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Thursday, September 26, 2013 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- D.Jones D.Jones DIS 19:03 22:07 J.Lutz J.Lutz Dis --:-- --:-- T.Murphy R.McMillan APOLLO --:-- --:-- INST SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B D B ---------------------------------------------------------------- JH04/R 19:03 01:10 0.9 1.1 0 0 3.1 0 0 0 UW05/R 01:10 05:47 0 4.6 0 0 0.0 0.0 0 0 UW11/R 05:47 06:47 0 1.0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: P.Gaulme and A. Bradley We powered on AGILE during the DIS cals before dome opening. Observations started right after sunset with decent conditions, but it has not lasted for long. We had to close the dome at 22:07 and we could not reopen anytime during the rest of the 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 18:51 dis-slit 434( 824) 293 46 13.1 14.1 14.0 13.6 12.7 -- 0.98 ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:00 61 40 20 223 (SW) 340 clear none 17:00 61 41 17 194 (SSW) 414 clear none 18:00 58 39 22 215 (SW) 387 clear none 19:00 56 38 17 206 (SSW) 443 mstly clr none 20:00 56 37 19 200 (SSW) 445 ptly cldy none 21:00 56 37 19 203 (SSW) 576 ptly cldy none 22:00 56 38 17 215 (SW) 587 cloudy lt rain 23:00 56 39 17 213 (SSW) 600 cloudy lt rain 00:00 54 41 18 214 (SW) 635 cloudy lt rain 01:00 54 41 14 204 (SSW) 592 cloudy none 02:00 53 41 15 236 (SW) 704 cloudy none 03:00 50 43 13 210 (SSW) 848 cloudy lt rain 04:00 51 41 10 232 (SW) 722 cloudy 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: 2.1.0