Date: Fri, 5 Dec 2014 11:53:13 -0000 (UTC) Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20141204 From: "Alysha Shugart" Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Thursday, December 04, 2014 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- M.Klaene A.Shugart X --:-- --:-- INST SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B D B ---------------------------------------------------------------- EN01/W 17:06 06:42 0.8 12.9 0 0 0.0 0.0 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: A.Shugart The weather was never good enough to open tonight. I zeroed the rotator, reset the axis controllers, ran the new tcc test version, and tested the new SH acquisition camera as much as I could in-dome. Called it 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:00 37 30 16 200 (SSW) 518 cloudy humid 17:00 37 31 14 240 (WSW) 612 cloudy humid 18:00 37 31 14 246 (WSW) 524 cloudy humid 19:00 37 30 14 265 (W) 1608 cloudy humid 20:00 38 31 18 252 (WSW) 3382 cloudy humid 21:00 38 31 19 266 (W) 2584 cloudy fog 22:00 37 31 17 267 (W) 3969 cloudy fog 23:00 38 32 12 283 (WNW) 7671 cloudy fog 00:00 36 32 7 262 (W) 1324 cloudy fog 01:00 35 32 9 292 (WNW) 1701 cloudy fog 02:00 36 32 16 317 (NW) 2779 cloudy fog 03:00 35 31 3 313 (NW) 9612 cloudy fog 04:00 34 31 6 334 (NNW) 2117 cloudy fog 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