Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20141022 From: alaina@apo.nmsu.edu Date: Thu, 23 Oct 2014 12:42:22 +0000 (UTC) Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Wednesday, October 22, 2014 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- D.Gang K.Pan, J.Shi ECHELLE 18:30 21:50 23:18 02:45 03:35 06:35 INST SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B D B ---------------------------------------------------------------- NC01/R 18:31 07:05 2.4 0 0 0 10.0 0.2 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: A.Bradley We battled humidity throughout the night. When we were able to get on sky, the seeing was excellent. I ran the test version of TUI with no problems. We were not running the test version of the TCC. ------- 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 18:27 ecamera 372( -489) -105 49 8.5 10.2 9.3 10.0 8.7 ND1 1.02 22:26 ecamera 354( -653) -175 76 8.5 7.8 8.2 7.7 8.0 ND1 0.74 ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:00 49 45 8 294 (WNW) 254 clear none 17:00 51 45 9 290 (WNW) 255 clear humid 18:00 47 43 6 282 (WNW) 232 mstly clr humid 19:00 47 30 7 350 (N) 298 clear none 20:00 47 38 4 333 (NNW) 278 clear none 21:00 46 41 2 42 (NE) 293 clear humid 22:00 46 42 7 1 (N) 375 clear humid 23:00 47 40 15 8 (N) 357 clear none 00:00 49 30 13 38 (NE) 167 clear none 01:00 49 29 8 30 (NNE) 145 clear none 02:00 46 39 6 349 (N) 230 clear humid 03:00 45 41 1 341 (NNW) 336 clear humid 04:00 46 40 5 359 (N) 295 clear humid 05:00 46 37 5 353 (N) 213 clear none 06:00 47 32 9 359 (N) 207 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