Date: Mon, 7 Apr 2014 13:19:26 -0000 (UTC) Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20140406 From: mcmillan@apo.nmsu.edu Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Sunday, April 06, 2014 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- J.Wang P.Du DIS 00:20 01:14 T.Thuan T.Thuan,Y.Izotov DIS 01:16 06:00 INST SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B D B ---------------------------------------------------------------- IH01/R 19:35 01:10 0 4.7 0 0 0.0 0.9 0 0 UV07/R 01:10 06:35 0 0 0 0 4.6 0.9 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: R.McMillan We had nearby radar returns and heavy clouds for most of first half. The clouds cleared up after a few more hours and the second half program got some good conditions. ------- 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 01:23 dcamera 574( 288) 240 57 0.6 1.1 1.6 1.0 0.6 - 1.75 ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:00 40 15 11 291 (WNW) 820 ptly cldy none 17:00 41 14 15 278 (W) 1017 ptly cldy none 18:00 39 13 16 307 (NW) 698 ptly cldy none 19:00 37 15 20 305 (NW) 687 mstly cldy none 20:00 36 15 20 325 (NW) 756 mstly cldy none 21:00 36 15 7 356 (N) 720 mstly cldy none 22:00 35 15 7 328 (NNW) 798 mstly cldy none 23:00 35 14 5 328 (NNW) 912 mstly cldy none 00:00 34 14 7 310 (NW) 889 ptly cldy none 01:00 33 13 17 29 (NNE) 1566 ptly cldy none 02:00 32 9 5 355 (N) 5723 mstly clr none 03:00 31 9 10 357 (N) 4916 clear none 04:00 30 8 11 357 (N) 3413 clear none 05:00 29 9 12 9 (N) 2551 clear none 06:00 28 11 14 8 (N) 3250 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