Date: Mon, 17 Mar 2014 13:06:18 -0000 (UTC) Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20140316 From: "Alysha Shugart" Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Sunday, March 16, 2014 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- J.Wang P.Du,C.Hu DIS 19:30 01:09 J.Prieto J.Prieto DIS 01:10 03:29 J.Comerford J.Comerford,F.Mueller DIS 03:36 04:28 C.Gray C.Gray ECHELLE 04:34 07:00 INST SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B D B ---------------------------------------------------------------- IH01/R 19:20 01:10 0 0 0 0 0.1 5.7 0 0 PU04/R 01:10 03:32 0 0 0 0 0.0 2.4 0 0 CU02/R 03:32 04:32 0 0 0 0 0.0 1.0 0 0 NM03/R 04:32 07:02 0 0 0 0 0.0 2.5 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: A.Shugart Clear skies all night, with seeing between 1.8 and 1.2" all night. Guiding behaved well with both DIS and Echelle, using all three types of guiding used at some point during the night. No problems. ------- 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 19:48 dcamera 602( 316) 209 66 -0.8 1.2 1.1 0.6 -0.6 -- 1.95 00:08 dcamera 588( 265) -43 48 0.5 0.2 0.6 0.1 0.2 -- 1.61 01:21 dcamera 612( 292) -130 72 2.0 0.6 0.9 0.7 1.6 -- 1.26 05:28 ecamera 696( -580) 68 33 3.1 1.6 2.0 1.7 2.2 ND3 1.67 ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:00 35 11 11 273 (W) 601 clear none 17:00 38 8 15 268 (W) 477 clear none 18:00 34 5 10 297 (WNW) 466 clear none 19:00 32 5 12 313 (NW) 484 clear none 20:00 31 4 12 1 (N) 447 clear none 21:00 34 1 13 21 (NNE) 428 clear none 22:00 33 1 11 11 (N) 451 clear none 23:00 33 0 12 359 (N) 427 clear none 00:00 33 1 11 3 (N) 386 clear none 01:00 34 2 15 6 (N) 414 clear none 02:00 36 2 13 357 (N) 412 clear none 03:00 36 4 15 357 (N) 504 clear none 04:00 35 6 15 343 (NNW) 674 clear none 05:00 36 6 19 18 (NNE) 1184 clear none 06:00 39 6 16 16 (NNE) 686 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: 2.2.0