Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20140107 From: alaina@apo.nmsu.edu Date: Wed, 8 Jan 2014 12:44:59 +0000 (UTC) Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Tuesday, January 07, 2014 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- D.York D.York Echelle 16:15 21:10 J.Wang C.Hu, P.Du DIS --:-- --:-- INST SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B D B ---------------------------------------------------------------- UC03/R 17:22 00:10 0 3.0 0 0 0.0 3.8 0 0 IH01/R 00:10 06:58 6.5 0.3 0 0 0.0 0.0 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: A.Bradley Most of the night was lost to thick clouds and nearby radar returns. While we were open, the seeing started out pretty good, then was above 2" towards the end. Did fills at 4:15, called it a night at 05:30. No 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 18:12 ecamera 622( -684) 171 43 0.9 1.3 1.2 0.6 0.3 ND4 0.86 20:39 ecamera 731( -635) 44 46 0.2 0.2 0.6 0.4 0.3 ND2 2.19 ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:00 36 6 14 306 (NW) 405 mstly clr none 17:00 34 5 2 256 (WSW) 405 mstly clr none 18:00 33 4 3 258 (WSW) 405 clear none 19:00 33 4 8 260 (W) 405 ptly cldy none 20:00 32 3 18 275 (W) 405 ptly cldy none 21:00 33 4 22 313 (NW) 405 ptly cldy none 22:00 34 3 9 289 (WNW) 405 mstly cldy none 23:00 34 3 22 296 (WNW) 405 mstly cldy none 00:00 32 3 17 296 (WNW) 405 mstly cldy none 01:00 31 3 18 304 (NW) 405 cloudy none 02:00 32 4 18 306 (NW) 405 cloudy none 03:00 33 7 21 314 (NW) 405 cloudy none 04:00 31 6 15 328 (NNW) 405 cloudy none 05:00 32 8 12 324 (NW) 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