Date: Sat, 23 Aug 2014 11:14:10 -0000 (UTC) Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20140822 From: "Alysha Shugart" Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Friday, August 22, 2014 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- B.Williams B.Williams DIS 21:53 00:25 R.Wyse G.Ruchti ECHELLE --:-- --:-- INST SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B D B ---------------------------------------------------------------- UW04/R 19:49 01:10 2.9 0 0 0 2.5 0.0 0 0 JH02/R 01:10 06:24 3.6 1.6 0 0 0.0 0.0 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: A.Shugart Nearby radar kept us closed until two hours after sunset, when we were finally able to open and get on sky. My night log focus did not run successfully, but I found 1.62" seeing with DIS upon opening. The humidity steadily rose all night, and forced us closed just after midnight. It remained high the rest of the night. USer called it ~05:00, and I completed fills at 05:30. ------- 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 53 48 6 185 (S) 86 cloudy lt rain 17:00 54 46 8 192 (SSW) 122 cloudy humid 18:00 54 47 1 197 (SSW) 113 cloudy none 19:00 58 44 3 259 (W) 94 ptly cldy none 20:00 56 42 8 234 (SW) 295 mstly clr none 21:00 54 43 9 239 (WSW) 257 ptly cldy none 22:00 52 44 6 232 (SW) 372 ptly cldy none 23:00 53 45 3 255 (WSW) 353 ptly cldy none 00:00 53 45 9 275 (W) 398 mstly cldy none 01:00 53 49 6 264 (W) 538 ptly cldy humid 02:00 53 48 5 276 (W) 512 mstly clr humid 03:00 52 48 12 307 (NW) 680 mstly clr humid 04:00 52 45 10 293 (WNW) 523 clear humid 05:00 53 43 5 269 (W) 534 clear 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: 2.3.0