Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20130905 From: dembicky@apo.nmsu.edu Date: Fri, 6 Sep 2013 12:01:22 +0000 (UTC) Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Thursday, September 05, 2013 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- J.Hughes J.Hughes SPIcam 19:31 01:00 S.Anderson J.Andrews DIS 01:10 06:33 INST SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B D B ---------------------------------------------------------------- UW08/R 19:31 01:10 0 0 0 0 5.7 0.0 0 0 UW07/R 01:10 06:33 0 0 0 0 5.4 0.0 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: J.Dembicky Poor seeing later in the first half and first half of the second part of the night. Seeing improved towards the morning. GIFS mounted for daytime testing. ------- 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 20:06 SPICAM 526( 1190) -53 43 14.7 16.3 16.4 16.1 14.4 R 1.40 21:47 SPICAM 623( 1138) 64 64 14.1 14.0 14.4 13.9 13.9 R 0.94 21:48 NA2gdr -167(29832) 64 65 14.1 14.0 14.4 13.9 13.8 clear 0.93 01:20 dis-slit 499( 803) 8 63 13.4 12.8 13.2 12.8 13.0 -- 1.70 ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:00 64 33 5 107 (ESE) mstly clr none 17:00 64 35 7 90 (E) mstly clr none 18:00 63 34 14 89 (E) clear none 19:00 61 33 14 82 (E) clear none 20:00 58 35 11 81 (E) clear none 21:00 57 35 15 85 (E) clear none 22:00 57 35 15 94 (E) clear none 23:00 56 36 15 84 (E) clear none 00:00 56 37 16 79 (E) clear none 01:00 56 36 13 98 (E) clear none 02:00 55 45 13 113 (ESE) clear none 03:00 54 47 12 128 (SE) mstly clr none 04:00 54 47 11 113 (ESE) mstly clr none 05:00 55 47 10 115 (ESE) mstly clr 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