Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20140122 From: alaina@apo.nmsu.edu Date: Thu, 23 Jan 2014 13:13:21 +0000 (UTC) Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Wednesday, January 22, 2014 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- J.Frieman H.Lin DIS --:-- --:-- J.Wang P.Du, C. Hu DIS 01:37 06:10 INST SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B D B ---------------------------------------------------------------- UC01/R 17:35 00:10 6.0 0.6 0 0 0.0 0.0 0 0 IH01/R 00:10 06:55 0 1.5 0 0 0.0 5.3 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: A.Bradley Half of the night was lost to heavy clouds and nearby radar returns. We still had some clouds for the rest of the night, but they only caused minimal problems. Seeing was above 2" for most of the open time. Did fills at 4:45 am. No other problems to report. ------- 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 01:55 dcamera 526( 326) 297 57 2.7 2.8 3.1 2.9 2.6 -- 2.10 ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:00 42 2 7 276 (W) 405 mstly cldy none 17:00 40 -1 8 309 (NW) 405 cloudy none 18:00 39 -1 5 257 (WSW) 405 cloudy none 19:00 37 1 8 252 (WSW) 405 cloudy none 20:00 38 7 10 265 (W) 405 cloudy none 21:00 38 8 8 261 (W) 405 cloudy none 22:00 38 7 9 263 (W) 405 cloudy none 23:00 37 6 7 260 (W) 405 cloudy none 00:00 38 4 10 266 (W) 405 cloudy none 01:00 37 3 7 263 (W) 405 ptly cldy none 02:00 37 8 7 206 (SSW) 405 ptly cldy none 03:00 37 8 14 229 (SW) 405 ptly cldy none 04:00 37 9 14 198 (SSW) 405 mstly clr none 05:00 37 11 9 221 (SW) 405 mstly clr none 06:00 36 9 13 208 (SSW) 405 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: 2.1.0