Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20140818 From: mcmillan@apo.nmsu.edu Date: Tue, 19 Aug 2014 11:49:32 +0000 (UTC) Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Monday, August 18, 2014 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- N.Ule N.Ule ECHELLE 19:55 00:55 A.Verbiscer A.Verbiscer SPICam 01:00 06:10 INST SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B D B ---------------------------------------------------------------- NM05/R 19:53 01:10 0 0 0 0 5.3 0.0 0 0 UV03/R 01:10 06:21 0 0 0 0 0.2 4.9 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: R.McMillan The weather cleared nicely before sunset, and we had moderate seeing. There were a few waves of high clouds, but not enough to halt data-taking. So overall it was a pretty good night for science. ------- 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 64 49 1 203 (SSW) 566 ptly cldy none 17:00 66 44 3 218 (SW) 438 ptly cldy none 18:00 65 44 1 185 (S) 444 ptly cldy none 19:00 64 45 4 36 (NE) 471 mstly clr none 20:00 60 43 12 80 (E) 535 mstly clr none 21:00 59 42 12 80 (E) 568 mstly clr none 22:00 59 42 12 81 (E) 574 ptly cldy none 23:00 58 43 9 86 (E) 699 ptly cldy none 00:00 57 42 13 134 (SE) 720 ptly cldy none 01:00 57 44 12 173 (S) 838 mstly clr none 02:00 56 44 13 140 (SE) 1009 mstly clr none 03:00 56 45 11 181 (S) 997 mstly clr none 04:00 57 46 6 185 (S) 883 ptly cldy none 05:00 56 46 6 196 (SSW) 812 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: 2.3.0