Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20141125 From: alaina@apo.nmsu.edu Date: Wed, 26 Nov 2014 13:18:11 +0000 (UTC) Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Tuesday, November 25, 2014 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- T.Murphy R.McMillan APOLLO 16:35 18:09 M.Kasliwal M.Kasliwal DIS 18:13 23:08 M.Hammergren M.Hammergren, K,Nault DIS 23:08 01:04 M.Brucker K.Covey K.Covey TSPEC --:-- --:-- B.Shappee B.Shappee, J.Prieto Echelle --:-- --:-- INST SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B D B ---------------------------------------------------------------- DD01/R 17:07 18:07 0 0 0 0 0.0 1.0 0 0 PU02/R 18:07 23:10 0 0 0 0 2.7 2.3 0 0 AD02/R 23:10 01:10 0 0 0 0 2.0 0.0 0 0 UW11/R 01:10 03:53 2.8 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0 0 PU03/R 03:53 06:35 2.9 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: A.Bradley With Mark Hammergren -- K.Nault, M.Brucker Night was clear with decent seeing (except for Apollo). Wind was high but not dangerous for first half, and was in the 40 mph range for all of second half. ------- 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 16:59 APOLLO 500( 1014) 61 60 -1.3 -0.8 -1.2 -0.6 -1.1 -- 2.50 18:27 dcamera 323( -101) 286 78 -0.9 -1.4 -1.2 -1.3 -1.3 -- 1.36 23:20 dcamera 298( -33) -38 46 0.2 -0.1 0.2 0.2 0.2 -- 1.70 ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:00 30 -10 12 351 (N) 130 clear none 17:00 30 -6 20 5 (N) 124 clear wind 18:00 29 -4 10 347 (NNW) 144 clear wind 19:00 31 2 24 6 (N) 143 clear none 20:00 32 6 12 10 (N) 183 clear none 21:00 32 5 9 7 (N) 163 clear none 22:00 33 5 19 2 (N) 161 clear wind 23:00 33 7 34 21 (NNE) 251 clear wind 00:00 34 14 25 11 (N) 113 clear wind 01:00 36 18 39 24 (NNE) 87 clear wind 02:00 35 18 26 31 (NNE) 82 clear wind 03:00 34 18 31 23 (NNE) 96 clear wind 04:00 37 19 35 39 (NE) 77 clear wind 05:00 34 20 29 22 (NNE) 96 clear wind 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: 2.3.2