Date: Tue, 1 Jul 2014 10:39:25 -0000 (UTC) Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20140630 From: mcmillan@apo.nmsu.edu Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Monday, June 30, 2014 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- M.Bentz M.Bentz DIS --:-- --:-- E.Glikman E.Glikman TripleSpec 00:20 01:00 S.Hawley L.Hebb DIS 01:15 03:45 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 1.0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0 0 NA01/R 21:24 01:10 2.0 1.0 0 0 0.7 0.0 0 0 UW08/R 01:10 05:50 2.1 0 0 0 2.6 0.0 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: R.McMillan Clouds and threat of rain at the start of the night, a window o varying thinner clouds in the middle, then more threat of rain at the end of the night. The telescope worked well. There was an unusual noise problem with DIS during checkout which was resolved before observing with no loss of time. ------- 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 23:00 tcamera 425( 1398) -91 61 20.9 21.9 22.1 21.8 20.9 Ks 1.45 00:20 dcamera 407( 1134) 13 62 21.1 21.0 21.4 20.9 20.9 - 1.30 ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:00 76 35 1 192 (SSW) 967 mstly cldy none 17:00 84 40 9 180 (S) 967 mstly cldy none 18:00 83 40 9 250 (WSW) 967 ptly cldy none 19:00 76 35 3 246 (WSW) 967 ptly cldy none 20:00 73 33 9 262 (W) 967 ptly cldy none 21:00 71 31 10 238 (WSW) 967 ptly cldy none 22:00 70 32 13 254 (WSW) 967 ptly cldy lt rain 23:00 66 32 5 217 (SW) 967 mstly clr none 00:00 70 32 2 309 (NW) 967 mstly clr none 01:00 70 30 5 347 (NNW) 967 mstly clr none 02:00 70 30 9 309 (NW) 967 mstly clr none 03:00 70 29 4 268 (W) 967 ptly cldy none 04:00 69 30 6 278 (W) 967 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