Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20141129 From: dembicky@apo.nmsu.edu Date: Sun, 30 Nov 2014 13:22:05 +0000 (UTC) Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Saturday, November 29, 2014 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- T.Marriage T.Marriage NICFPS 17:06 23:05 M.Hammergren M.Hammergren, DIS 23:15 01:07 M.Brucker B.Nevin B.Nevin, F.Mueller DIS 01:10 06:38 INST SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B D B ---------------------------------------------------------------- JH01/R 17:06 23:10 0 0 0 0 0.0 6.1 0 0 AD02/R 23:10 01:10 0 0 0 0 0.4 1.6 0 0 CU01/R 01:10 06:38 0 0 0 0 5.5 0.0 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: J.Dembicky No problems tonight. ------- 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 17:20 NICFPS 290( 936) 37 52 5.7 9.5 8.8 9.7 6.5 Ks 0.88 18:30 NICFPS 233( 738) 8 58 5.9 6.8 7.0 6.7 5.9 Ks 0.81 23:21 dcamera 250( 128) 26 54 4.3 4.3 4.8 4.3 4.2 -- 1.30 01:13 dcamera 304( 183) 197 69 4.9 4.5 5.0 4.5 4.5 -- 1.10 ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:00 46 13 9 265 (W) 428 clear none 17:00 43 14 6 259 (W) 523 clear none 18:00 43 15 14 243 (WSW) 720 clear none 19:00 42 14 17 237 (WSW) 788 clear none 20:00 41 13 13 222 (SW) 685 clear none 21:00 41 12 16 258 (WSW) 550 clear none 22:00 41 12 12 249 (WSW) 456 clear none 23:00 41 11 12 263 (W) 415 clear none 00:00 41 9 18 282 (WNW) 373 clear none 01:00 41 8 17 273 (W) 405 clear none 02:00 40 10 19 298 (WNW) 443 clear none 03:00 40 10 12 269 (W) 471 clear none 04:00 39 10 16 291 (WNW) 418 clear none 05:00 40 9 17 289 (WNW) 397 clear none 06:00 39 10 14 265 (W) 402 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