Date: Sun, 22 Jun 2014 12:28:01 -0000 (UTC) Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20140621 From: mcmillan@apo.nmsu.edu Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Saturday, June 21, 2014 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- M.Bentz M.Bentz DIS 20:45 20:30 L.Hebb L.Hebb NICFPS 20:40 01:12 T.Marriage T.Marriage NICFPS 01:12 04:48 T.Murphy R.McMillan APOLLO 04:50 05:50 INST SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B D B ---------------------------------------------------------------- GS04/R 20:23 21:30 0 0 0 0 1.1 0.0 0 0 UW11/R 21:30 01:10 0 0 0 0 3.7 0.0 0 0 JH03/R 01:10 04:47 0 0 0 0 1.3 2.3 0 0 UW12/R 04:47 05:47 0 0 0 0 0 1.0 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: R.McMillan Some nearby rain clouds kept us closed a little past sunset, but we were able to take advantage of most of the usable twilight. The remainder of the night was mostly clear with a couple of hours of moderate clouds. Seeing was generally in the middle range. Telescope and instruments worked very well. ------- 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 19:50 dcamera 400( 1109) -67 73 17.3 20.8 20.4 21.3 17.9 - 1.65 20:50 NICFPS 420( 1526) -10 49 16.1 18.4 18.4 17.9 16.5 J 1.37 00:22 NICFPS 505( 1497) 53 46 16.8 16.1 16.5 16.3 16.4 Ks 0.65 03:58 APOLLO 750( 1895) 98 35 14.6 14.8 15.3 14.8 14.9 530 1.50 ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:00 70 43 5 199 (SSW) 1291 ptly cldy none 17:00 75 42 7 248 (WSW) 1096 mstly cldy none 18:00 72 43 13 183 (S) 1021 mstly cldy none 19:00 69 41 12 200 (SSW) 1128 ptly cldy none 20:00 65 43 10 185 (S) 1106 ptly cldy none 21:00 63 44 17 163 (SSE) 1326 mstly clr none 22:00 61 44 16 155 (SSE) 1582 clear none 23:00 59 47 9 159 (SSE) 2518 clear none 00:00 59 46 13 180 (S) 2924 mstly clr none 01:00 62 41 17 199 (SSW) 1438 mstly clr none 02:00 62 41 19 195 (SSW) 1441 ptly cldy none 03:00 60 45 16 155 (SSE) 1463 ptly cldy none 04:00 59 44 13 185 (S) 1180 mstly clr none 05:00 59 40 10 185 (S) 1087 mstly clr none 06:00 58 40 5 184 (S) 1045 mstly clr 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