Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20130930 From: dembicky@apo.nmsu.edu Date: Tue, 1 Oct 2013 12:37:47 +0000 (UTC) Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Monday, September 30, 2013 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- A.Mukadam A.Mukadam Agile 18:57 06:31 INST SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B D B ---------------------------------------------------------------- UW04/R 18:57 06:49 0 0 0 0 8.7 3.1 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: J.Dembicky Agile rotator problems at the start of the night again. We finally found a good place and no problems the remainder 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 19:47 AGILE 547(-1128) 117 40 11.5 13.6 12.9 13.5 11.8 BG40 1.10 ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:00 57 25 7 298 (WNW) 407 clear none 17:00 58 25 1 248 (WSW) 334 clear none 18:00 57 25 1 213 (SSW) 326 clear none 19:00 54 24 1 24 (NNE) 339 clear none 20:00 54 23 5 37 (NE) 285 clear none 21:00 56 22 4 347 (NNW) 259 clear none 22:00 56 24 8 298 (WNW) 318 clear none 23:00 55 24 7 281 (W) 420 clear none 00:00 55 22 7 333 (NNW) 442 clear none 01:00 56 25 9 320 (NW) 451 clear none 02:00 56 24 12 311 (NW) 452 clear none 03:00 56 24 13 316 (NW) 429 clear none 04:00 56 21 11 314 (NW) 346 clear none 05:00 55 20 12 18 (NNE) 525 clear none 06:00 55 17 8 358 (N) 267 clear 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