Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20140613 From: dembicky@apo.nmsu.edu Date: Sat, 14 Jun 2014 12:03:19 +0000 (UTC) Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Friday, June 13, 2014 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- M.Bentz M.Bentz DIS --:-- --:-- K.Kinemuchi J.Nemec Echelle --:-- --:-- D.Chojnowski D.Chohnowski, ECHELLE 03:30 05:46 S.Hasslequist INST SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B D B ---------------------------------------------------------------- GS04/R 20:21 21:21 0.4 0.6 0 0 0 0 0 0 NM08/O 21:21 01:10 0 3.8 0 0 0 0 0 0 UV08/R 01:10 05:46 0 2.3 0 0 0.0 2.3 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: J.Dembicky Clouds, dust and light rain during the evening. Clouds thinned around 03:15 and I felt it was safe to open. Of course clouds came back in shortly thereafter but we tried for photons anyhow. GIFS filled at 06:00 ------- 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 03:38 ecamera 390( -251) 63 65 14.2 14.8 16.8 14.7 13.9 ND4 1.10 ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:00 76 38 22 224 (SW) 1434 cloudy none 17:00 67 41 27 226 (SW) 3964 cloudy none 18:00 71 36 32 243 (WSW) 2087 cloudy none 19:00 65 37 21 272 (W) 9118 cloudy lt rain 20:00 59 40 7 23 (NNE) 1459 cloudy none 21:00 61 38 19 282 (WNW) 4767 cloudy lt rain 22:00 59 38 8 269 (W) 6183 cloudy none 23:00 59 37 9 215 (SW) 7606 cloudy none 00:00 60 35 11 234 (SW) 2554 mstly cldy dust 01:00 58 37 16 200 (SSW) 7148 ptly cldy dust 02:00 58 37 17 237 (WSW) 3021 mstly cldy none 03:00 56 38 14 190 (S) 2012 ptly cldy none 04:00 57 37 17 240 (WSW) 1737 ptly cldy none 05:00 55 39 11 196 (SSW) 2400 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