Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20140304 From: alaina@apo.nmsu.edu Date: Wed, 5 Mar 2014 12:14:08 +0000 (UTC) Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Tuesday, March 04, 2014 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- T.Murphy R.McMillan APOLLO --:-- --:-- M.Kasliwal M.Kasliwal TSPEC --:-- --:-- J.Prieto J.Prieto DIS 21:52 00:15 C.Sarazin M.Sun DIS 00:15 00:55 INST SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B D B ---------------------------------------------------------------- UW08/R 18:11 19:11 0 1.0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0 0 PU03/R 19:11 21:41 0 2.5 0 0 0.0 0.0 0 0 PU04/R 21:41 00:10 0 0.2 0 0 2.1 0.2 0 0 UV01/R 00:10 06:18 5.8 0 0 0 0.3 0.0 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: A.Bradley First half was mostly lost to heavy clouds and nearby radar returns. We opened when the clouds were mostly cleared out, and managed for a few hours. Seeing was decent, but variable. Heavy clouds rolled in and brought radar returns with them. Around 1:30am we got some light snow flurries. Humidity stayed high when the clouds cleared, and my user gave up at 04:15. ------- 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 22:01 dcamera 544( 284) 123 66 1.4 1.7 2.1 1.8 1.2 -- 1.70 ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:00 40 21 12 259 (W) 524 cloudy none 17:00 36 25 5 223 (SW) 524 cloudy none 18:00 34 24 9 225 (SW) 524 cloudy none 19:00 34 25 9 241 (WSW) 524 cloudy none 20:00 33 26 12 246 (WSW) 524 cloudy none 21:00 35 23 13 252 (WSW) 524 mstly cldy none 22:00 35 24 16 285 (WNW) 524 mstly clr none 23:00 34 24 12 277 (W) 524 ptly cldy none 00:00 34 23 21 301 (WNW) 524 mstly cldy none 01:00 32 25 11 353 (N) 524 cloudy lt snow 02:00 31 27 7 354 (N) 524 mstly cldy none 03:00 31 26 17 346 (NNW) 524 clear humid 04:00 30 27 15 16 (NNE) 524 clear humid 05:00 29 26 28 21 (NNE) 524 clear humid 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