Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20140114 From: alaina@apo.nmsu.edu Date: Wed, 15 Jan 2014 12:27:17 +0000 (UTC) Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Tuesday, January 14, 2014 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- J.Desert C.Huitson Echelle 17:05 19:40 NICFPS 19:42 00:10 Spicam 00:21 05:00 INST SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B D B ---------------------------------------------------------------- CU04/R 17:28 06:57 0 0 0 0 0.0 13.4 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: A.Bradley Night was clear with moderate seeing. Had a bit of wind during the first half, but nothing threatening. Otherwise everything went well. Turned SPICAM heat off at 21:52. Closed and did fills at 05:00 (target was setting) ------- 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 17:37 ecamera 783( -400) 60 38 0.8 3.6 3.3 3.4 1.1 ND2 1.80 19:49 NICFPS 603( 777) 138 76 0.5 0.5 1.0 0.6 0.6 MK-H 1.30 00:29 SPIcam 614( 368) 16 48 -1.7 -1.3 -0.8 -1.4 -1.7 SDSS g 1.50 ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:00 37 4 7 18 (NNE) 405 clear none 17:00 34 7 22 20 (NNE) 405 clear none 18:00 33 6 15 17 (NNE) 405 clear none 19:00 33 1 21 28 (NNE) 405 clear none 20:00 33 0 15 12 (NNE) 405 clear none 21:00 33 1 8 3 (N) 405 clear none 22:00 33 2 8 9 (N) 405 clear none 23:00 32 2 9 32 (NNE) 405 clear none 00:00 30 2 6 350 (N) 405 clear none 01:00 29 4 5 357 (N) 405 clear none 02:00 28 5 7 268 (W) 405 clear none 03:00 27 6 5 284 (WNW) 405 clear none 04:00 27 7 9 0 (N) 405 clear none 05:00 28 5 7 9 (N) 405 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