Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20140430 From: alaina@apo.nmsu.edu Date: Thu, 1 May 2014 11:15:21 +0000 (UTC) Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Wednesday, April 30, 2014 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- J.Wang P.Du, C.Hu DIS 20:25 00:27 G.Privon G.Privon ECHELLE --:-- --:-- INST SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B D B ---------------------------------------------------------------- IH01/R 19:53 01:10 0.6 0.5 0 0 3.2 1.0 0 0 UV05/R 01:10 06:07 4.9 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: A.Bradley The forecast said it would be cloudy all night, be we were actually able to open for the first half. Skies were clear, with moderate to high winds and dust. Seeing was terrible. Around 11pm, clouds finally started rolling in. Closed around 00:30. The clouds thickened, and snow started falling as we were all calling it a night, just before 5am. ------- 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 19:34 dcamera 251( 20) 149 78 -0.5 2.3 3.3 1.9 -0.0 -- 3.38 21:10 dcamera 451( 83) 222 53 -0.9 -0.6 0.0 -0.8 -0.9 -- 2.80 ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:00 43 17 4 271 (W) 15890 ptly cldy dust 17:00 40 19 5 165 (SSE) 7209 ptly cldy dust 18:00 36 19 22 77 (ENE) 4956 mstly cldy dust 19:00 34 18 20 75 (ENE) 3880 mstly cldy dust 20:00 32 17 24 77 (ENE) 3538 mstly clr dust 21:00 31 16 16 83 (E) 3461 clear dust 22:00 30 17 23 75 (ENE) 3492 clear dust 23:00 30 17 29 84 (E) 4898 ptly cldy dust 00:00 31 16 23 81 (E) 3770 cloudy dust 01:00 30 16 26 80 (E) 3612 cloudy dust 02:00 30 17 21 88 (E) 3501 cloudy dust 03:00 30 16 13 83 (E) 3685 cloudy none 04:00 29 16 24 83 (E) 3121 cloudy snow 05:00 28 17 20 80 (E) 4806 cloudy snow 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