Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20140626 From: dembicky@apo.nmsu.edu Date: Fri, 27 Jun 2014 11:19:32 +0000 (UTC) Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Thursday, June 26, 2014 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- M.Bentz M.Bentz DIS 19:22 21:19 J.Bally J.Bally TSPEC 21:30 01:02 A.Youngblood A.Youngblood TSPEC 01:02 05:18 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 0 0 0 0 1.0 0.0 0 0 CU07/R 21:24 01:10 0 0 0 0 3.8 0.0 0 0 CU03/R 01:10 05:49 0 0 0 0 4.6 0.0 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: J.Dembicky Homed DIS turret, grating set 2 was off ~ +/-28 steps during my checkout No problems. Clouds came in just at the end of the night, but twilight had already started so we closed and took cals. ------- 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 20:41 dcamera 683( 1409) -71 71 19.7 21.1 21.0 21.3 19.9 -- 1.20 21:37 tcamera 682( 1592) -18 25 18.9 19.6 19.8 19.2 18.8 Ks 1.30 22:34 tcamera 682( 1541) -155 31 18.8 18.8 19.2 18.7 18.6 Ks 1.20 01:08 tcamera 596( 1403) -8 26 17.7 17.6 18.2 17.6 17.5 Ks 1.50 ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:00 74 34 16 216 (SW) 967 mstly clr none 17:00 73 34 8 244 (WSW) 967 mstly clr none 18:00 73 34 16 241 (WSW) 967 mstly clr none 19:00 73 33 23 244 (WSW) 967 mstly clr none 20:00 69 30 17 254 (WSW) 967 clear none 21:00 67 34 21 242 (WSW) 967 clear none 22:00 66 35 15 251 (WSW) 967 clear none 23:00 66 34 11 264 (W) 967 clear none 00:00 64 35 9 262 (W) 967 clear none 01:00 64 34 7 263 (W) 967 mstly clr none 02:00 63 34 11 273 (W) 967 ptly cldy none 03:00 62 35 12 271 (W) 967 ptly cldy none 04:00 61 34 12 270 (W) 967 mstly clr none 05:00 60 33 14 265 (W) 967 mstly 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