Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20140501 From: dembicky@apo.nmsu.edu Date: Fri, 2 May 2014 11:41:24 +0000 (UTC) Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Thursday, May 01, 2014 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- D.Syphers D.Syphers TSpec --:-- --:-- P.Pattarakijwanich P.Pattarakijwanich, TSPEC 01:10 05:20 M.Strauss INST SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B D B ---------------------------------------------------------------- CU02/R 19:54 01:10 2.8 2.5 0 0 0 0 0 0 PU07/R 01:10 06:07 0 0 0 0 4.9 0.0 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: J.Dembicky First half was clouded out with short periods of light precip. The clouds moved out just before the start of the 2nd half and we had clear skies for the remainder of the night. No problems tonight. ------- 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 01:25 tcamera 625( 577) 126 46 0.1 0.6 0.9 0.6 -0.2 Ks 1.20 03:22 tcamera 725( 593) 181 70 1.1 0.4 0.8 0.6 0.8 Ks 1.10 ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:00 39 17 8 248 (WSW) 6644 cloudy none 17:00 38 16 9 217 (SW) 6597 cloudy none 18:00 38 20 8 203 (SSW) 7365 cloudy none 19:00 41 18 6 247 (WSW) 6350 cloudy lt rain 20:00 32 22 11 2 (N) 6048 ptly cldy none 21:00 33 20 14 33 (NNE) 5069 mstly cldy lt rain 22:00 34 18 12 39 (NE) 3780 mstly cldy none 23:00 33 18 1 226 (SW) 4054 mstly cldy none 00:00 33 19 0 216 (SW) 4591 ptly cldy none 01:00 32 21 1 1 (N) 5035 clear none 02:00 32 22 2 290 (WNW) 4902 clear none 03:00 34 19 9 344 (NNW) 4633 clear none 04:00 33 19 5 3 (N) 5104 clear none 05:00 33 20 3 352 (N) 5535 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