Date: Tue, 25 Mar 2014 13:45:33 -0000 (UTC) Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20140324 From: mcmillan@apo.nmsu.edu Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Monday, March 24, 2014 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- Y.Lee Y.Lee DIS 17:50 00:50 P.Szkody A.Mukadam Agile 00:55 05:50 T.Murphy R.McMillan APOLLO 05:55 06:52 INST SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B D B ---------------------------------------------------------------- NM06/R 19:26 01:10 0 0 0 0 5.7 0.0 0 0 UW04/R 01:10 05:52 0 0 0 0 1.9 2.8 0 0 UW08/R 05:52 06:52 0 0 0 0 0.0 1.0 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: R.McMillan Mostly clear all night, with seeing varying from moderate to awful. No problems with telescope or instruments except that the Agile guider is still in progress. ------- 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 01:29 NICFPS 573( 712) 168 81 0.2 -0.2 0.2 -0.2 0.3 J 0.81 01:04 AGILE 586(-1622) -67 56 1.9 3.6 4.4 3.3 2.1 BG40 1.85 ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:00 50 13 14 278 (W) 1395 mstly clr none 17:00 50 9 10 282 (WNW) 1210 mstly clr none 18:00 49 6 13 315 (NW) 950 mstly clr none 19:00 45 4 8 326 (NW) 961 mstly clr none 20:00 43 4 9 351 (N) 929 clear none 21:00 42 0 13 11 (N) 964 clear none 22:00 41 0 18 70 (ENE) 938 clear none 23:00 43 0 14 67 (ENE) 884 clear none 00:00 43 -1 18 79 (E) 1067 clear none 01:00 36 11 14 83 (E) 2064 clear none 02:00 34 12 13 78 (ENE) 3340 clear none 03:00 39 12 4 118 (ESE) 3192 clear none 04:00 38 9 6 132 (SE) 1707 clear none 05:00 38 13 8 141 (SE) 1884 clear none 06:00 38 14 4 122 (ESE) 2020 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