Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20141018 From: dembicky@apo.nmsu.edu Date: Sun, 19 Oct 2014 11:03:33 +0000 (UTC) Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Saturday, October 18, 2014 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- B.Balick B.Balick DIS 18:35 23:45 INST SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B D B ---------------------------------------------------------------- UW05/R 18:35 07:02 3.5 3.8 0 0 5.2 0 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: J.Dembicky Closed at 23:45, lt. rain at 01:20. Nearby radar returns for the rest of the night kept us closed. We called it a night at 04:40 ------- 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 19:15 dcamera 170( 395) 88 66 8.8 11.3 11.8 11.3 9.4 -- 1.70 ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:00 55 34 8 138 (SE) 596 mstly cldy none 17:00 53 33 10 142 (SE) 592 mstly cldy none 18:00 50 35 16 117 (ESE) 614 ptly cldy none 19:00 48 35 14 119 (ESE) 606 ptly cldy none 20:00 45 38 10 99 (E) ptly cldy none 21:00 45 37 18 127 (SE) 824 mstly clr none 22:00 42 38 15 125 (SE) 847 ptly cldy none 23:00 44 38 15 121 (ESE) 939 ptly cldy none 00:00 45 38 17 125 (SE) 1161 mstly cldy none 01:00 46 40 21 132 (SE) 1107 mstly cldy lt rain 02:00 46 40 18 135 (SE) 995 mstly cldy none 03:00 46 39 19 154 (SSE) 939 mstly cldy none 04:00 44 40 21 148 (SSE) 872 cloudy none 05:00 45 39 18 133 (SE) 831 mstly cldy 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