Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20140820 From: alaina@apo.nmsu.edu Date: Thu, 21 Aug 2014 12:37:22 +0000 (UTC) Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Wednesday, August 20, 2014 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- M.Kasliwal M.Kasliwal DIS 19:50 22:06 T.Marriage T.Su, T.Marriage NICFPS 22:19 03:08 K.Pan K.Pan Echelle 03:10 05:22 T.Murphy R.McMillan APOLLO 05:23 06:25 INST SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B D B ---------------------------------------------------------------- PU02/R 19:51 22:10 0 0 0 0 2.3 0.0 0 0 JH01/R 22:10 03:10 0 0 0 0 4.9 0.1 0 0 NM07/R 03:10 05:22 0 0 0 0 0.0 2.2 0 0 DD01/R 05:55 06:22 0 0 0 0 0.0 1.0 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: A.Bradley Night was mostly clear, and very productive. Seeing was excellent. APOLLO was unable to track on the moon, so we spent that time troubleshooting. ------- 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 20:08 dcamera 192 264.8 75.5 15.2 17.85 17.94 17.58 15.75 -- 1.12 22:26 nicfps 237 53.0 44.8 14.3 15.38 15.69 15.03 14.81 MK-Ks 1.00 03:16 ecamera 314 -24.7 58.4 14.3 13.42 13.91 13.25 13.66 clear 0.8 05:31 apollo 439 90.1 31.3 13.0 13.26 13.75 13.14 13.53 -- 1.4 ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:00 62 48 8 273 (W) 664 mstly clr none 17:00 65 46 5 256 (WSW) 395 mstly clr none 18:00 67 47 15 255 (WSW) 450 mstly clr none 19:00 62 47 10 267 (W) 421 mstly clr none 20:00 60 43 4 266 (W) 407 mstly clr none 21:00 60 44 3 260 (W) 434 mstly clr none 22:00 59 44 5 262 (W) 442 clear none 23:00 57 46 8 185 (S) 462 clear none 00:00 57 43 5 191 (S) 479 clear none 01:00 58 38 2 308 (NW) 505 clear none 02:00 57 39 5 268 (W) 507 clear none 03:00 57 38 4 261 (W) 465 clear none 04:00 58 38 3 249 (WSW) 427 clear none 05:00 57 38 6 186 (S) 465 clear none 06:00 55 38 6 190 (S) 476 clear 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