Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20141216 From: alaina@apo.nmsu.edu Date: Wed, 17 Dec 2014 12:26:54 +0000 (UTC) Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Tuesday, December 16, 2014 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- D.York D.York Echelle --:-- --:-- A.Sun A.Sun, J.Greene DIS 00:58 03:07 INST SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B D B ---------------------------------------------------------------- UC01/R 17:08 00:10 7.0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0 0 PU01/R 00:10 06:51 0.8 4.5 0 0 2.2 0 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: A.Bradley First half was full of thick clouds. We opened when it cleared after midnight, but a few hours later the humidity got us. We gave up at 05:00. ------- 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 01:06 dcamera 327( 90) 214 63 2.5 2.2 2.6 2.5 2.0 -- 1.16 ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:00 38 17 11 186 (S) 758 cloudy none 17:00 36 17 11 189 (S) 692 cloudy none 18:00 35 18 14 176 (S) 614 cloudy none 19:00 36 19 11 167 (SSE) 597 cloudy none 20:00 37 19 13 180 (S) 696 cloudy none 21:00 36 20 16 202 (SSW) 657 cloudy none 22:00 36 22 19 184 (S) 605 cloudy none 23:00 37 23 18 191 (S) 642 cloudy humid 00:00 37 25 8 181 (S) 832 ptly cldy humid 01:00 35 26 19 193 (SSW) 965 clear humid 02:00 35 27 18 188 (S) 996 clear humid 03:00 33 29 14 222 (SW) 917 clear humid 04:00 32 30 13 209 (SSW) 977 mstly clr humid 05:00 31 30 15 218 (SW) 954 mstly clr humid 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