Date: Sun, 9 Mar 2014 12:23:26 -0000 (UTC) Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20140308 From: mcmillan@apo.nmsu.edu Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Saturday, March 08, 2014 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- N.Chanover A.Verbiscer SPICam --:-- --:-- J.Prieto J.Prieto DIS --:-- --:-- INST SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B D B ---------------------------------------------------------------- NM01/R 18:14 04:54 2.2 7.4 0 0 0.0 0.0 0 0 PU04/R 04:54 07:13 2.3 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: R.McMillan Snow at the start of the night, then humidity and high winds for most of the night, followed by thick clouds at the end. I worked on scheduling. ------- 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:00 27 22 14 78 (ENE) 524 mstly cldy lt snow 17:00 26 21 25 58 (ENE) 524 ptly cldy none 18:00 24 21 26 56 (NE) 524 mstly clr humid 19:00 24 19 30 72 (ENE) 524 mstly clr humid 20:00 23 19 26 62 (ENE) 524 mstly clr humid 21:00 23 18 29 67 (ENE) 524 mstly clr humid 22:00 23 19 26 75 (ENE) 524 mstly clr humid 23:00 22 19 32 69 (ENE) 524 mstly clr humid 00:00 22 18 36 70 (ENE) 524 mstly clr humid 01:00 21 17 40 68 (ENE) 524 ptly cldy humid 03:00 22 16 22 79 (E) 524 ptly cldy humid 04:00 22 12 28 72 (ENE) 524 ptly cldy none 05:00 22 11 20 84 (E) 524 mstly cldy none 06:00 22 13 14 71 (ENE) 524 mstly cldy 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: 2.1.0