Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20141127 From: alaina@apo.nmsu.edu Date: Fri, 28 Nov 2014 13:44:18 +0000 (UTC) Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Thursday, November 27, 2014 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- A.Newman A.Newman SPIcam 16:52 23:05 M.Hammergren M.Hammergren, K.Nault SPICam 23:05 01:04 M.Brucker A.Sun J.Greene, A.Sun DIS 01:15 06:20 INST SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B D B ---------------------------------------------------------------- PU06/R 17:06 23:10 0 0 0 0 0.6 5.5 0 0 AD02/R 23:10 01:10 0 0 0 0 2.0 0.0 0 0 PU01/R 01:10 06:36 0 0 0 0 5.4 0.0 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: A.Bradley AD02 observers: M.Hammergrean, M.Brucker, K.Nault Night was beautiful, with excellent seeing and clear skies. Very productive. ------- 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 17:47 SPIcam 224( 491) -13 57 5.0 8.9 8.1 8.3 6.3 SDDS r 1.11 20:04 SPIcam 310( 538) 35 41 9.0 7.8 8.2 7.6 8.4 SDDS r 1.29 20:10 NA2gdr 206(30206) 33 42 9.2 7.9 8.3 7.7 8.5 Clear 1.36 23:23 SPIcam 305( 634) 212 36 10.3 9.6 10.4 9.5 9.7 SDSS r 1.00 01:22 dcamera 185( 303) 197 69 10.9 9.2 9.7 8.6 9.7 -- 1.30 05:05 dcamera 287( 376) -2 77 9.2 8.7 9.3 8.4 8.6 -- 1.20 ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:00 46 21 3 215 (SW) 306 clear none 17:00 45 18 1 7 (N) 229 clear none 18:00 42 9 10 24 (NNE) 34 clear none 19:00 47 8 9 27 (NNE) 53 clear none 20:00 47 8 12 30 (NNE) 75 clear none 21:00 51 -1 8 57 (ENE) 50 clear none 22:00 51 -3 7 76 (ENE) 36 clear none 23:00 51 -3 6 89 (E) 35 clear none 00:00 50 -3 1 180 (S) 44 clear none 01:00 51 -3 1 194 (SSW) 74 clear none 02:00 49 6 2 190 (S) 109 clear none 03:00 49 5 2 165 (SSE) 82 clear none 04:00 51 -3 1 111 (ESE) 29 clear none 05:00 48 0 1 224 (SW) 67 clear none 06:00 49 2 1 190 (S) 71 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: 2.3.2