Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20140819 From: alaina@apo.nmsu.edu Date: Wed, 20 Aug 2014 11:46:19 +0000 (UTC) Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Tuesday, August 19, 2014 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- S.Hawley J.Davenport DIS 23:03 01:12 D.Crenshaw T.Fischer DIS 01:13 05:30 INST SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B D B ---------------------------------------------------------------- UW03/R 19:52 01:10 3.2 0 0 0 2.1 0.0 0 0 GS02/R 01:10 06:22 0 0 0 0 1.1 4.1 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: A.Bradley Storms delayed opening in the evening. Once things improved, we were able to open to good seeing. Had one short instance of thick clouds, which we waited through. Otherwise it was a good productive night, with no problems to report. ------- 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 23:15 dcamera 141 86.9 13.9 -- 1.16 01:22 dcamera 101 68.1 13.3 13.74 14.22 13.59 13.06 -- 1.12 (I did this section by hand, until the script is fixed) ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:00 63 47 3 258 (WSW) 587 cloudy none 17:00 66 47 13 259 (W) 590 cloudy lt rain 18:00 65 49 17 246 (WSW) 617 cloudy fog 19:00 60 47 10 255 (WSW) 579 cloudy humid 20:00 55 50 2 306 (NW) 5925 cloudy humid 21:00 57 48 3 256 (WSW) 1104 cloudy none 22:00 56 47 7 221 (SW) 956 mstly cldy none 23:00 57 45 2 215 (SW) 984 ptly cldy none 00:00 57 44 6 192 (SSW) 792 ptly cldy none 01:00 56 45 8 246 (WSW) 931 mstly clr none 02:00 56 46 5 212 (SSW) 622 ptly cldy none 03:00 56 47 3 244 (WSW) 480 mstly clr humid 04:00 54 46 2 197 (SSW) 1305 mstly clr humid 05:00 54 46 2 227 (SW) 688 mstly clr 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