Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20140121 From: alaina@apo.nmsu.edu Date: Wed, 22 Jan 2014 13:23:12 +0000 (UTC) Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Tuesday, January 21, 2014 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- K.Kwitter K.Kwitter DIS 17:40 23:28 M.Kasliwal M.Kasliwal DIS 00:05 00:58 N.Chanover A.McKay ECHELLE 01:01 04:07 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------- NA02/R 17:34 00:10 0 0 0 0 5.1 1.5 0 0 PU03/R/D 00:10 00:58 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.8 0 0 NM04/R 00:58 05:55 0 1.8 0 0 0.0 3.1 0 0 UW08/R 05:55 06:55 0 1.0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: A.Bradley At 23:33 Mansi signed in and asked if she could get a quick supernova observation in. After some discussion, I went up to change the DIS gratings for her. Clouds rolled in, with radar returns, and closed us at about 4am. I did fills a little after 5, and we gave up at 6. PU03: change started: 23:40 start at 00:05 stop at: 00:58 ------- 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 17:53 dcamera 627( 579) 257 38 5.4 5.3 5.0 5.2 5.0 -- 1.50 01:08 ecamera 734( -491) 61 73 4.0 3.5 3.9 3.3 3.5 ND2 1.10 ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:00 39 7 0 127 (SE) 405 clear none 17:00 39 3 1 246 (WSW) 405 clear none 18:00 42 0 13 6 (N) 405 clear none 19:00 43 1 16 38 (NE) 405 mstly clr none 20:00 43 1 6 11 (N) 405 mstly clr none 21:00 42 0 0 147 (SSE) 405 mstly clr none 22:00 41 0 8 3 (N) 405 mstly clr none 23:00 40 -1 2 338 (NNW) 405 mstly clr none 00:00 39 -4 8 4 (N) 405 mstly clr none 01:00 39 -2 8 16 (NNE) 405 ptly cldy none 02:00 42 0 8 349 (N) 405 ptly cldy none 03:00 39 -1 9 345 (NNW) 405 mstly cldy none 04:00 40 -2 9 346 (NNW) 405 cloudy none 05:00 36 -2 9 20 (NNE) 405 cloudy none 06:00 37 2 7 359 (N) 405 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