Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20140408 From: alaina@apo.nmsu.edu Date: Wed, 9 Apr 2014 11:52:07 +0000 (UTC) Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Tuesday, April 08, 2014 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- J.Wang P.Du DIS 19:30 01:05 M.Kasliwal M.Kasliwal DIS 01:05 03:08 G.Zhao K.Pan ECHELLE 03:09 05:40 INST SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B D B ---------------------------------------------------------------- IH01/R 19:37 01:10 0 0 0 0 0.0 5.6 0 0 PU03/R 01:10 03:10 0 0 0 0 0.0 2.0 0 0 DD06/R 03:10 06:33 0 0 0 0 3.2 0.1 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: A.Bradley Night was very productive, with clear skies and (mostly) excellent seeing. ------- 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 18:59 dcamera 606( 799) 224 52 8.1 10.4 9.9 10.0 8.5 -- 1.27 22:30 dcamera 506( 516) 246 62 7.6 7.0 7.4 6.8 6.9 -- 0.80 00:29 dcamera 610( 632) 240 54 8.1 7.1 7.4 7.1 7.6 -- 1.70 02:21 ecamera 736( -303) -142 67 7.8 7.1 7.6 7.1 7.2 Clear 0.66 ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:00 48 13 18 333 (NNW) 656 clear none 17:00 55 17 8 324 (NW) 649 clear none 18:00 51 14 17 306 (NW) 700 clear none 19:00 50 15 9 248 (WSW) 820 clear none 20:00 46 14 6 255 (WSW) 794 clear none 21:00 46 15 10 208 (SSW) 1091 clear none 22:00 46 14 8 185 (S) 1309 clear none 23:00 46 13 10 193 (SSW) 1264 clear none 00:00 46 12 7 206 (SSW) 1062 clear none 01:00 46 10 10 210 (SSW) 1035 clear none 02:00 46 9 8 199 (SSW) 966 clear none 03:00 46 9 13 218 (SW) 998 clear none 04:00 46 8 7 231 (SW) 1061 clear none 05:00 46 7 7 214 (SW) 970 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