Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20140221 From: dembicky@apo.nmsu.edu Date: Sat, 22 Feb 2014 13:14:46 +0000 (UTC) Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Friday, February 21, 2014 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- D.Rachel R.Kuzio DIS 17:40 00:10 D.York D.York Echelle 00:10 05:55 INST SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B D B ---------------------------------------------------------------- GS02/R 18:02 00:10 0 0 0 0 6.1 0.0 0 0 UC03/R 00:10 06:31 0 0 0 0 0.3 6.1 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: J.Dembicky ecam was disconnected at checkout. Restarted hub. ecam hung around UT10:32. We didn't catch it for a while. Took a restart of ecamera as well as ecam to get it working again. Good thing our telescope track very well! No problems otherwise other then pesky clouds most 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 18:30 dcamera 623( 544) 8 57 4.2 5.1 4.8 5.6 4.1 -- 1.00 19:24 dcamera 548( 425) 71 51 2.9 4.1 4.2 4.2 3.2 -- 1.30 00:18 ecamera 740( -508) 184 53 3.6 2.7 3.2 2.8 3.1 ND2 0.98 01:39 ecamera 740( -490) 194 50 3.6 3.0 3.5 3.2 3.4 ND2 0.76 ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:00 40 0 16 295 (WNW) 787 cloudy none 17:00 39 0 11 270 (W) 691 cloudy none 18:00 38 0 12 251 (WSW) 691 ptly cldy none 19:00 37 0 13 237 (WSW) 691 ptly cldy none 20:00 38 0 15 256 (WSW) 691 ptly cldy none 21:00 38 1 15 265 (W) 691 mstly clr none 22:00 37 2 14 274 (W) 691 mstly clr none 23:00 37 2 15 270 (W) 691 mstly clr none 00:00 37 1 18 278 (W) 691 ptly cldy none 01:00 39 0 15 267 (W) 691 ptly cldy none 02:00 38 -1 17 283 (WNW) 691 mstly cldy none 03:00 39 -4 17 288 (WNW) 691 mstly cldy none 04:00 38 -5 22 297 (WNW) 691 ptly cldy none 05:00 38 -6 17 272 (W) 691 mstly clr 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: 2.1.0