WIYN Night Log (24 May 2013 - MST)

WIYN Night Log for (24 May 2013 - MST)


Possible Observing Hours:   7.25      18° Twilight (plus 0.5 hour) – Evening: 20:44 PM, Morning: 4:02 AM (mst)     [Report time: 05:04 2013-05-25]

Hours used for: 
Science6.00 
Optical Tuning0.00 
Calibrations0.00 
Engineering0.00 
Unsused Hours: 
Time Not Used0.94   (total) 
Telescope Overhead0.00
Telescope Transition0.94
Instrument Overhead0.00
Idle Time0.00
Hours lost to: 
Bad Weather0.00 
Technical Problems0.37   (total) 
No Category Specified0.37

Possible hours rounded to nearest quarter hour.
Total hours recorded will be within 0.13 hr. (7.5 min.).
Institution NOAO Classic
Observer(s) Horch, Howell, Everett
Instrument(s) [SPECKLE 100% at MOS port]

 
Operator(s) Jenny Power

 

 
RemarksLost less than 5 minutes to an az drive trip. Has 2 instances of communication problems with the instrument, losing about 15 minutes to those.
Weather CommentsClear and dry. Moderate southerly winds ~20-30mph all night.
Image Quality CommentsSeeing ok to start ~0.7-0.9". Extremely variable between 21:00-1:00
ranging from 1.5-4". Improved after that to 0.6-0.7"
 
Extra Science Time 1.75  hours.   (Science done during twilight. Not included in overall totals for the night)



Comments to heidis@noao.edu




DIQ data

DIQ Measurements - from INFORMS - 2013-05-25 UT
UT TimeFWHMExposure
Type		FilterExposure
Length		Air MassWind
Direction		Wind
Speed
02:48:400.9Science ImageHarris R12.11182.711.03
02:48:401.4Science ImageHarris R11.27183.119.35
02:48:400.7Science ImageHarris R11.07179.922.28
02:48:402.75Science ImageHarris R12.16186.126.1
02:48:400.7Science ImageHarris R11.1185.423.62
10:31:420.6Science ImageHarris R11.03173.126.78


Weather data

WIYN Weather Averages
From: UT = 01:00 (MST=6:00 PM)
To: UT = 13:00 (MST=6:00 AM)
Elements Mean High Low AvDev
Outside Air Temperature (°C)21.325.619.71.2
Dome Air Teperature (°C)17.423.301.4
Outside humidity (%)35.19916.88.4
Dome humidity (%)26.742.40.08.0
Wind Speed (mph)20.930.43.85.3
Wind Direction (°)183.1213.7156.2179.9


Auto-weather Entries - from INFORMS 2013-05-25 UT
UT TimeWind
Direction		Wind
Speed		Outside
Temerature		Dome
Temperature		Outside
Humidity		Dome
Humidity		Sky
Condition		Precipitation
00:40:11187.18.3326.222.925.618.1  
01:40:11205.37.225.221.928.821.1  
01:52:001977.6524.521.532.624.1ClearDry
02:47:15193.411.722.418.443.234.7ClearDry
02:55:16182.711.0322.118.34435.5  
03:10:35169.46.5221.918.244.735.6ClearDry
03:41:31183.119.3522.117.940.433.7  
04:10:35186.318.922.117.939.532.4  
04:11:21186.318.922.117.939.531.4ClearDry
05:00:09179.922.2821.317.338.731  
05:11:21177.423.6221.31738.631  
05:11:33177.423.6221.317.138.631ClearDry
05:50:17186.126.120.616.741.433.2  
06:11:33182.622.9520.516.54233.8  
06:11:55186.524.7520.516.542.533.9ClearDry
06:40:20171.516.8819.81648.538.9ClearDry
07:12:011902720.31650.340.9ClearDry
08:02:0618320.720.416.237.529.7ClearDry
08:09:1318724.0720.616.433.424ClearDry
08:22:40185.423.6220.516.431.423.3  
09:09:13180.823.420.516.220.413.6  
09:09:34180.823.420.516.420.413.8ClearDry
09:42:14173.825.4320.21625.617.8ClearDry
10:37:18173.126.7820.11629.922  
10:42:14173.527.2220.115.830.222.4  
11:07:08185.325.6520.416.124.617.2ClearDry


WIYN weather plots from 6:00 PM to 6:00 AM (MST)

Temperature
Humidity
Wind Speed
Wind Direction