Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20141015 From: alaina@apo.nmsu.edu Date: Thu, 16 Oct 2014 12:59:15 +0000 (UTC) Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Wednesday, October 15, 2014 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- P.Gaulme J.McKeever ECHELLE 18:15 00:45 J.Bary J.Bary TSPEC 00:48 03:11 ECHELLE 03:13 06:50 INST SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B D B ---------------------------------------------------------------- NM03/R 18:39 01:10 0 0 0 0 6.0 0.6 0 0 NA04/R 01:10 07:00 0 0 0 0 0.0 5.8 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: A.Bradley Except for a small bit of clouds in the early night, it was beautiful and clear. Seeing was great, and we had another very productive night. ------- 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 17:56 ecamera 429( -192) 183 78 9.9 15.3 13.2 15.1 85.0 ND1 0.90 23:57 tcamera 375( 784) 110 63 11.3 10.9 11.5 10.7 85.0 -- 1.50 02:20 ecamera 271( -582) 55 64 11.3 10.7 11.2 10.7 85.0 ND3 0.78 ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:00 62 28 2 215 (SW) 363 clear none 17:00 59 27 4 253 (WSW) 386 clear none 18:00 54 25 1 189 (S) 311 mstly clr none 19:00 50 21 5 297 (WNW) 524 mstly clr none 20:00 53 18 7 296 (WNW) 375 ptly cldy none 21:00 55 13 8 344 (NNW) 221 mstly clr none 22:00 55 11 6 343 (NNW) 191 mstly clr none 23:00 53 20 8 346 (NNW) 337 clear none 00:00 52 23 10 331 (NNW) 443 clear none 01:00 52 23 8 348 (NNW) 452 clear none 02:00 54 21 12 303 (WNW) 392 clear none 03:00 52 26 10 286 (WNW) 531 clear none 04:00 51 24 14 307 (NW) 539 clear none 05:00 52 27 15 322 (NW) 581 clear none 06:00 52 28 16 309 (NW) 612 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: 2.3.1