Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20140813 From: alaina@apo.nmsu.edu Date: Thu, 14 Aug 2014 11:51:59 +0000 (UTC) Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Wednesday, August 13, 2014 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- M.Klaene A.Bradley X --:-- --:-- INST SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B D B ---------------------------------------------------------------- EN02/R 19:59 06:17 1.8 8.4 0 0 0 0 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: A.Bradley Weathered out again, with lots of lightning and occasional rain mixed into the clouds and high humidity. Conor and I did more documentation work, especially the mirror homing procedure since it was done for the secondary this afternoon. We had no other cloudy night tasks, so it was a bit slow. ------- 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 65 49 9 186 (S) 695 cloudy none 17:00 65 50 2 234 (SW) 743 cloudy none 18:00 63 53 12 194 (SSW) 983 cloudy none 19:00 58 50 12 138 (SE) 736 cloudy none 20:00 57 50 15 132 (SE) 942 cloudy none 21:00 58 50 15 148 (SSE) 839 cloudy none 22:00 57 50 17 134 (SE) 826 cloudy none 23:00 57 50 18 149 (SSE) 785 cloudy none 00:00 58 49 9 198 (SSW) 719 cloudy none 01:00 55 51 11 177 (S) 1020 cloudy humid 02:00 54 51 12 180 (S) 691 cloudy rain 03:00 56 50 12 183 (S) 792 cloudy humid 04:00 55 50 12 186 (S) 713 cloudy humid 05:00 53 51 9 188 (S) 829 cloudy humid 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