Date: Tue, 25 Nov 2014 12:53:42 -0000 (UTC) Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20141124 From: "Alysha Shugart" Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Monday, November 24, 2014 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- J.Wisniewski J.Wisniewski TSPEC 20:15 00:10 C.Churchill G.Kacprzac DIS 00:28 05:50 INST SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B D B ---------------------------------------------------------------- OU01/R 17:07 00:10 0.8 2.2 0 0 3.9 0 0 0 NM05/R 00:10 06:34 0 0 0 0 6.4 0.0 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: A.Shugart Nearby light radar kept us closed at first, and then clouds impeded data collection from 20:15-20:40, even though the dome was open. The remainder of the night was clear, with only so-so seeing. ------- 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 20:32 tcamera 317( -20) 245 37 -6.1 -4.4 -4.2 -4.3 -5.7 -- 1.94 01:27 dcamera 341( -392) 6 57 -7.1 -7.7 -7.2 -7.5 -7.5 -- 1.91 ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:00 25 -3 11 300 (WNW) 302 clear none 17:00 24 -2 17 329 (NNW) 336 ptly cldy none 18:00 24 0 7 284 (WNW) 429 mstly clr none 19:00 22 1 18 337 (NNW) 361 ptly cldy none 20:00 21 0 17 358 (N) 351 ptly cldy none 21:00 20 0 13 6 (N) 398 mstly clr none 22:00 19 1 18 45 (NE) 481 clear none 23:00 19 3 20 41 (NE) 492 clear none 00:00 19 4 27 46 (NE) 314 clear none 01:00 18 4 26 71 (ENE) 241 clear none 02:00 18 4 22 73 (ENE) 229 clear none 03:00 17 4 18 60 (ENE) 186 clear none 04:00 16 5 17 80 (E) 179 clear none 05:00 19 -3 4 358 (N) 174 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: 1.0.1 Current TUI version: 2.3.2