Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20141225 From: alaina@apo.nmsu.edu Date: Fri, 26 Dec 2014 11:54:42 +0000 (UTC) Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Thursday, December 25, 2014 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- C.Pilachowski C.Pilachowski DIS --:-- --:-- M.Hammergren M.Hammergren, M.Brucker SPICam --:-- --:-- J.Wang P.Du DIS --:-- --:-- INST SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B D B ---------------------------------------------------------------- DD03/R 17:12 23:10 1.7 4.3 0 0 0.0 0.0 0 0 AD02/R 23:10 01:10 2.0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0 0 IH01/R 01:10 06:55 5.8 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: A.Bradley We had strong winds, clouds, and eventually light snow. We never opened. Snow REALLY started falling at 4:30. I parked both domes facing south, just hoping for as much melting help as we can get. ------- 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:00 37 9 20 252 (WSW) ptly cldy none 17:00 35 9 27 207 (SSW) ptly cldy none 18:00 35 12 27 224 (SW) mstly cldy none 19:00 33 14 30 237 (WSW) mstly cldy none 20:00 31 15 31 240 (WSW) cloudy none 21:00 31 16 22 224 (SW) ptly cldy none 22:00 30 17 26 237 (WSW) mstly cldy none 23:00 30 18 20 251 (WSW) cloudy none 00:00 30 18 29 222 (SW) cloudy none 01:00 29 17 33 236 (SW) cloudy none 02:00 28 18 30 218 (SW) cloudy lt snow 03:00 27 20 33 212 (SSW) cloudy fog 04:00 26 20 28 224 (SW) cloudy snow 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