Date: Tue, 8 Apr 2014 13:10:05 -0000 (UTC) Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20140407 From: mcmillan@apo.nmsu.edu Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Monday, April 07, 2014 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- T.Murphy R.McMillan APOLLO 19:20 20:34 J.Wisniewski J.Wisniewski TSPEC 20:38 22:12 ECHELLE 22:15 23:15 TSPEC 23:18 01:04 J.Prieto J.Prieto DIS 01:15 04:50 C.Gray C.Gray ECHELLE 04:55 06:30 INST SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B D B ---------------------------------------------------------------- UW12/R 19:36 20:36 0 0 0 0 0.0 1.0 0 0 UC02/R 20:36 01:10 0 0 0 0 0.0 4.6 0 0 PU06/R 01:10 04:34 0 0 0 0 1.9 1.5 0 0 NM02/R 04:34 06:34 0 0 0 0 2.0 0.0 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: R.McMillan Clear all night, but seeing ranged from moderate to bad. Everything worked well including the new guide software, which appears to be at full capability now. ------- 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 19:35 APOLLO 850( 1492) 68 49 5.1 5.4 5.3 5.2 4.8 530 1.90 20:48 tcamera 650( 747) 171 52 4.9 4.6 4.8 4.4 4.5 Ks 2.20 ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:00 40 8 24 329 (NNW) 713 clear none 17:00 42 5 4 345 (NNW) 784 clear none 18:00 42 4 16 325 (NW) 772 clear none 19:00 42 4 10 11 (N) 616 clear none 20:00 40 4 9 342 (NNW) 573 clear none 21:00 41 6 1 266 (W) 786 clear none 22:00 41 6 8 352 (N) 1101 clear none 23:00 40 6 13 336 (NNW) 2279 clear none 00:00 40 7 9 0 (N) 4740 clear none 01:00 39 8 6 10 (N) 3460 clear none 02:00 39 8 10 353 (N) 2368 clear none 03:00 37 9 14 2 (N) 2087 clear none 04:00 37 10 19 14 (NNE) 1365 clear none 05:00 38 11 21 20 (NNE) 999 clear none 06:00 38 11 16 7 (N) 810 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