Date: Fri, 28 Feb 2014 13:43:49 -0000 (UTC) Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20140227 From: "Alysha Shugart" Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Thursday, February 27, 2014 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- A.Mukadam A.Mukadam AGILE --:-- --:-- A.Newman A.Newman SPICAM 00:32 06:20 INST SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B D B ---------------------------------------------------------------- UW02/R 18:07 00:10 6.1 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0 0 PU06/R 00:10 06:24 0.4 0 0 0 5.2 0.6 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: A.Shugart High winds and dust kept us closed until just after midnight. Mounted NICFPS in the morning for the photo of the 3.5m. No problems after opening. ------- 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 00:45 SPIcam 388( 394) 179 56 2.0 3.9 5.2 3.5 2.4 SDSSr 1.85 03:05 SPIcam 505( 368) -23 55 0.4 1.0 1.6 0.7 0.4 CuHA 1.69 ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:00 47 24 23 262 (W) 2607 mstly clr none 17:00 45 22 37 256 (WSW) 3401 mstly clr dust 18:00 43 22 28 247 (WSW) 3035 mstly clr dust 19:00 42 22 31 268 (W) 6205 mstly clr dust 20:00 41 22 44 269 (W) 4873 clear dust 21:00 41 21 39 285 (WNW) 28874 clear dust 22:00 39 24 28 283 (WNW) 60478 clear dust 23:00 38 24 38 292 (WNW) 4626 clear dust 00:00 36 24 14 293 (WNW) 2854 clear none 01:00 36 19 28 299 (WNW) 1309 clear none 02:00 34 20 13 299 (WNW) 857 clear none 03:00 33 18 13 301 (WNW) 759 clear none 04:00 33 18 8 307 (NW) 733 clear none 05:00 33 17 17 324 (NW) 735 clear none 06:00 34 12 19 299 (WNW) 682 clear 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