Date: Sun, 2 Feb 2014 12:25:59 -0000 (UTC) Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20140201 From: mcmillan@apo.nmsu.edu Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Saturday, February 01, 2014 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- M.McElwain C.Grady,J.Bubeck GIFS --:-- --:-- S.Stierwalt S.Liss SPICAM --:-- --:-- INST SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B D B ---------------------------------------------------------------- DD02/R 17:45 00:10 4.1 2.4 0 0 0.0 0.0 0 0 UV05/R 00:10 06:49 6.6 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: R.McMillan Snow started around 8 pm and continued intermittently through the night. Most of it melted initially, so accumulation was less than one inch. I did some work on APOLLO optics and secondary actuators, and ran the snow program second half. ------- 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 33 23 23 263 (W) 405 clear none 17:00 33 21 28 243 (WSW) 405 mstly cldy none 18:00 31 20 13 273 (W) 405 mstly cldy none 19:00 31 20 15 297 (WNW) 405 cloudy none 20:00 30 21 8 321 (NW) 405 cloudy lt snow 21:00 27 25 1 14 (NNE) 405 cloudy lt snow 22:00 29 23 9 267 (W) 405 cloudy none 23:00 30 22 9 244 (WSW) 405 cloudy lt snow 00:00 29 22 14 242 (WSW) 405 cloudy none 01:00 28 22 5 260 (W) 405 cloudy lt snow 02:00 27 23 13 282 (WNW) 405 cloudy lt snow 03:00 25 24 12 229 (SW) 405 ptly cldy lt snow 04:00 25 23 15 234 (SW) 405 ptly cldy humid 05:00 25 21 13 255 (WSW) 405 ptly cldy 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: 2.1.0