Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20140517 From: dembicky@apo.nmsu.edu Date: Sun, 18 May 2014 11:51:02 +0000 (UTC) Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Saturday, May 17, 2014 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- C.Pilachowski C.Pilachowski ECHELLE 18:20 05:25 INST SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B D B ---------------------------------------------------------------- DD05/O 20:05 05:54 0 0 0 0 2.9 6.9 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: J.Dembicky Nice night with excellent seeing and no problems. I adjusted the focus on the fly during the night with most of the night below 1 arc sec 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 20:26 ecamera 632( 72) -78 53 15.3 16.2 16.3 16.1 15.2 ND1 1.05 ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:00 66 29 17 211 (SSW) 5001 ptly cldy none 17:00 65 26 9 257 (WSW) 3213 ptly cldy none 18:00 65 25 7 272 (W) 2812 ptly cldy none 19:00 61 20 15 227 (SW) 2747 ptly cldy none 20:00 59 18 13 210 (SSW) 2401 ptly cldy none 21:00 60 18 13 198 (SSW) 2254 mstly clr none 22:00 58 18 18 199 (SSW) 2083 mstly clr none 23:00 59 18 16 215 (SW) 2125 mstly clr none 00:00 59 19 13 205 (SSW) 1811 mstly clr none 01:00 59 18 12 238 (WSW) 1727 ptly cldy none 02:00 59 18 10 225 (SW) 1992 ptly cldy none 03:00 56 15 8 262 (W) 1786 ptly cldy none 04:00 53 13 6 259 (W) 1773 ptly cldy none 05:00 54 13 5 258 (WSW) 1522 ptly cldy 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