Date: Tue, 24 Jun 2014 10:54:36 -0000 (UTC) Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20140623 From: mcmillan@apo.nmsu.edu Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Monday, June 23, 2014 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- M.Bentz M.Bentz DIS --:-- --:-- J.Comerford B.Nevin DIS --:-- --:-- S.Hawley J.Davenport DIS --:-- --:-- INST SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B D B ---------------------------------------------------------------- GS04/R 20:24 21:24 1.0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0 0 CU05/R 21:24 01:10 3.8 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0 0 UW08/R 01:10 05:48 2.8 1.9 0 0 0.0 0.0 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: R.McMillan Clouds, threat of rain, and a few drops of actual rain kept us closed all night. At one point I was five minutes away from opening, but the clouds thickened up. ------- 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:00 72 33 6 248 (WSW) 885 mstly cldy none 17:00 72 32 17 270 (W) 873 mstly cldy none 18:00 68 32 19 260 (W) 6626 ptly cldy none 19:00 69 33 8 255 (WSW) 1267 ptly cldy none 20:00 66 32 8 262 (W) 974 ptly cldy none 21:00 65 32 6 260 (W) 809 ptly cldy none 22:00 62 31 5 195 (SSW) 764 mstly cldy none 23:00 59 44 17 111 (ESE) 2622 mstly cldy none 00:00 57 45 9 83 (E) 2315 mstly cldy lt rain 01:00 57 46 19 127 (SE) 3367 mstly cldy none 02:00 57 43 16 148 (SSE) 2583 ptly cldy none 03:00 53 47 12 115 (ESE) 3726 ptly cldy none 04:00 54 43 11 170 (S) 2246 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