Date: Tue, 1 Apr 2014 12:48:12 -0000 (UTC) Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20140331 From: "Alysha Shugart" Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Monday, March 31, 2014 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- J.Bally Y.Cao,M.Kasliwal TSPEC 19:40 01:11 P.Szkody A.Mukadam AGILE 01:13 05:12 C.Gray C.Gray ECHELLE 05:15 06:43 INST SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B D B ---------------------------------------------------------------- CU05/R 19:31 01:10 0 0 0 0 4.5 1.2 0 0 UW04/R 01:10 05:10 0 0 0 0 4.0 0.0 0 0 NM03/R/D 05:10 06:43 0 0 0 0 1.6 0.0 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: A.Shugart Candace got started at 05:15. NM03 continued her ToO observations, taking over from UW04 officially at 05:10. Clear night with good seeing, except for the targets at high airmass. No trouble with guiding. ------- 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 19:49 tcamera 681( 997) 120 50 7.4 8.8 8.8 8.9 7.2 -- 1.39 00:05 tcamera 673( 841) 63 75 6.4 6.3 6.8 6.1 6.3 -- 0.82 01:25 AGILE 648(-1358) 35 23 6.6 6.5 6.9 6.5 6.5 BG40 2.05 05:28 ecamera 650( -432) 53 22 4.7 5.0 5.5 4.9 4.6 ND1 2.57 ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:00 50 6 21 256 (WSW) 1675 clear none 17:00 50 6 24 264 (W) 1971 clear none 18:00 49 5 17 255 (WSW) 1722 clear none 19:00 47 3 17 261 (W) 1281 clear none 20:00 45 0 17 265 (W) 1111 clear none 21:00 46 0 17 271 (W) 1094 clear none 22:00 45 4 9 251 (WSW) 1168 clear none 23:00 45 5 11 264 (W) 1274 clear none 00:00 44 4 14 263 (W) 1249 clear none 01:00 45 6 15 243 (WSW) 1350 clear none 02:00 44 6 20 267 (W) 1279 clear none 03:00 43 6 16 251 (WSW) 1296 clear none 04:00 43 8 14 265 (W) 1268 clear none 05:00 42 8 13 264 (W) 1278 clear none 06:00 40 11 16 261 (W) 1269 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