Date: Sun, 30 Mar 2014 12:55:22 -0000 (UTC) Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20140329 From: "Alysha Shugart" Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Saturday, March 29, 2014 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- Y.Sun Y.Sun DIS 19:40 00:47 P.Szkody A.Mukadam AGILE 00:52 05:21 C.Gray C.Gray ECHELLE 05:25 06:45 INST SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B D B ---------------------------------------------------------------- NM06/R 19:30 01:10 0 0 0 0 5.7 0.0 0 0 UW04/R 01:10 05:10 0 0 0 0 4.0 0.0 0 0 NM03/R/D 05:10 06:45 0 0 0 0 1.5 0.1 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: A.Shugart Candace Gray called in a ToO Saturday (3/29) afternoon, and Anjum UW04 agreed to give up her last 1.5 hours for Candace to get some Venus observations with echelle. The trade was to take place at 05:10. The schedule was not updated, and the time will be traded for future NM03 time. Candace began at 05:25. Ended at 06:45. Moderate seeing all night, but no trouble guiding with Agile. Smooth sailing. ------- 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 19:55 dcamera 482( 609) -35 52 6.8 9.1 9.2 8.9 7.2 -- 1.60 01:07 AGILE 532(-1469) 40 20 7.6 6.5 6.9 6.6 7.1 BG40 1.80 05:32 ecamera 714( -295) 53 21 6.4 6.3 6.8 6.4 6.2 ND2 1.43 ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:00 50 14 19 205 (SSW) 1602 clear none 17:00 51 18 15 208 (SSW) 1824 clear none 18:00 49 17 17 219 (SW) 1773 clear none 19:00 47 18 15 194 (SSW) 1630 clear none 20:00 45 19 17 184 (S) 1787 clear none 21:00 43 20 14 172 (S) 2015 clear none 22:00 40 21 19 152 (SSE) 1966 clear none 23:00 44 18 18 179 (S) 1894 clear none 00:00 46 15 15 186 (S) 1647 clear none 01:00 46 16 17 196 (SSW) 1788 clear none 02:00 46 15 16 225 (SW) 1929 clear none 03:00 45 14 20 205 (SSW) 1829 clear none 04:00 44 14 18 201 (SSW) 1803 clear none 05:00 44 14 14 222 (SW) 1856 clear none 06:00 44 14 12 196 (SSW) 1846 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