Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20140123 From: dembicky@apo.nmsu.edu Date: Fri, 24 Jan 2014 13:30:45 +0000 (UTC) Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Thursday, January 23, 2014 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- A.Brown C.Grady, A. Brown GIFS --:-- --:-- J.Wang C.Hu, P.Du DIS 03:45 06:54 INST SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B D B ---------------------------------------------------------------- CU07/R 17:36 00:10 6.6 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 IH01/R 00:10 06:54 0.4 3.2 0 0 0 3.1 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: J.Dembicky Persistant clouds first half. Initialized agile for observations on Monday. All seemed to check out. I didn't test the rotator. We finally opened around 03:45. No problems with the telescope tonight. ------- 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 03:50 dcamera 394( -95) 34 72 -0.8 -2.7 -0.9 -2.3 -1.5 -- 1.30 ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:00 24 13 6 28 (NNE) 405 cloudy none 17:00 22 13 5 10 (N) 405 cloudy none 18:00 25 12 3 27 (NNE) 405 cloudy none 19:00 24 12 1 200 (SSW) 405 cloudy none 20:00 22 12 3 188 (S) 405 cloudy none 21:00 27 14 0 306 (NW) 405 cloudy none 22:00 23 12 0 300 (WNW) 405 cloudy none 23:00 22 13 3 339 (NNW) 405 mstly cldy none 00:00 25 12 9 7 (N) 405 mstly cldy none 01:00 26 11 0 330 (NNW) 405 mstly cldy none 02:00 27 12 8 356 (N) 405 mstly cldy none 03:00 30 11 15 357 (N) 405 ptly cldy none 04:00 32 12 12 343 (NNW) 405 ptly cldy none 05:00 31 12 9 356 (N) 405 mstly clr none 06:00 32 11 15 8 (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