Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20141212 From: dembicky@apo.nmsu.edu Date: Sat, 13 Dec 2014 13:16:19 +0000 (UTC) Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Friday, December 12, 2014 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- T.Marriage T.Marriage, K.Hall NICFPS 21:07 00:02 J.Wang P.Du DIS 00:10 06:30 INST SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B D B ---------------------------------------------------------------- JH01/R 17:07 00:10 4.0 0 0 0 1.7 1.4 0 0 IH01/R 00:10 06:48 0 0 0 0 0.0 6.6 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: J.Dembicky GIF temp alarm (No Data) started going off around 00:21. I went to the intermediate level and temps looked fine. Clouds closed us just a few minutes before twilight. Humidity was also nearing closure limits as well. DIS left mounted to take morning dome cals. GIFS temp alarm still no data at the end of the night. The temperatures were fine and I filled as usual at the end 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 21:26 NICFPS 253( 612) 7 58 4.8 4.0 4.2 4.0 4.2 Ks 0.76 00:15 dcamera 298( 161) -43 49 4.3 3.8 4.2 4.1 4.2 -- 1.45 ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:00 41 30 10 267 (W) 605 cloudy none 17:00 40 30 8 276 (W) 679 cloudy none 18:00 39 31 6 265 (W) 810 cloudy none 19:00 39 29 7 271 (W) 684 cloudy none 20:00 38 30 6 252 (WSW) 873 cloudy none 21:00 39 31 6 247 (WSW) 912 ptly cldy none 22:00 40 19 6 257 (WSW) 393 ptly cldy none 23:00 39 29 14 213 (SSW) 696 ptly cldy none 00:00 40 27 13 262 (W) 495 ptly cldy none 01:00 38 29 16 256 (WSW) 482 ptly cldy none 02:00 37 30 15 236 (SW) 599 ptly cldy none 03:00 38 30 20 231 (SW) 718 ptly cldy none 04:00 38 30 15 222 (SW) 541 ptly cldy none 05:00 38 31 15 252 (WSW) 534 cloudy none 06:00 37 32 14 259 (W) 391 cloudy 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