Date: Tue, 28 Oct 2014 12:53:12 -0000 (UTC) Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20141027 From: "Alysha Shugart" Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Monday, October 27, 2014 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- P.Gaulme M.Rawls,J.McKeever ECHELLE 18:30 01:03 T.Pewett T.Pewett ECHELLE 01:03 06:50 INST SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B D B ---------------------------------------------------------------- NM03/R 18:25 01:10 0 0 0 0 3.6 3.2 0 0 GS02/R 01:10 07:09 0 0 0 0 6.0 0.0 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: A.Shugart Pointing at low altitude (~22 degrees) with echelle was off by 1.5' or so. Bias toward the southwest. It was not an issue for observing, but just a note. No problems the rest of the night. Clear and calm, with thin clouds at the beginning of the 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 18:47 ecamera 194( -733) 215 72 8.2 9.3 9.8 8.9 8.2 ND1 1.02 19:56 ecamera 259( -708) 222 69 8.5 8.5 8.9 8.4 8.3 clear 1.50 01:35 ecamera 316( -664) 240 56 9.4 8.1 8.6 8.1 8.6 clear 1.05 ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:00 49 41 11 266 (W) 325 ptly cldy none 17:00 49 39 13 255 (WSW) 261 ptly cldy none 18:00 49 41 12 251 (WSW) 324 mstly clr none 19:00 48 37 13 232 (SW) 325 mstly clr none 20:00 47 36 8 261 (W) 364 clear none 21:00 48 34 11 265 (W) 304 clear none 22:00 47 36 6 262 (W) 379 clear none 23:00 47 34 6 270 (W) 450 clear none 00:00 47 31 4 261 (W) 417 clear none 01:00 48 31 10 279 (W) 441 clear none 02:00 46 31 3 141 (SE) 469 clear none 03:00 49 27 9 138 (SE) 368 clear none 04:00 49 29 5 187 (S) 355 clear none 05:00 46 31 7 224 (SW) 481 clear none 06:00 45 31 5 187 (S) 485 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