Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20141021 From: alaina@apo.nmsu.edu Date: Wed, 22 Oct 2014 11:42:54 +0000 (UTC) Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Tuesday, October 21, 2014 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- A.Becker A.Becker Agile 22:55 00:20 D.Gang K.Pan ECHELLE --:-- --:-- INST SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B D B ---------------------------------------------------------------- UW01/R 18:32 01:10 4.2 0 0 0 1.4 0.0 0 0 NC01/R 01:10 07:04 4.8 1.1 0 0 0.0 0.0 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: A.Bradley Trained NC01 observers: Jianrong Shi, Yuan Tian, Kevin Cao The night was mostly lost to high humidity. We had a short period where it was safe to open, but it forced us closed before too long. We gave up at 05:15 ------- 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 22:10 AGILE 170(-1779) 244 33 6.2 8.0 8.7 7.7 6.3 SDSS-r 1.27 ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:00 49 44 8 262 (W) 256 cloudy humid 17:00 48 44 6 191 (S) 276 cloudy lt rain 18:00 46 45 3 217 (SW) 238 ptly cldy humid 19:00 46 43 2 141 (SE) 289 ptly cldy humid 20:00 44 41 6 179 (S) 288 ptly cldy humid 21:00 44 38 5 187 (S) 190 clear humid 22:00 43 38 7 106 (ESE) 211 clear humid 23:00 44 37 8 146 (SE) 241 clear none 00:00 43 38 9 140 (SE) 204 clear humid 01:00 42 39 8 171 (S) 187 clear humid 02:00 42 40 8 189 (S) 190 clear humid 03:00 42 42 6 187 (S) 341 clear humid 04:00 42 42 4 190 (S) 6511 clear humid 05:00 44 39 5 196 (SSW) 177 clear humid 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