Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20140831 From: dembicky@apo.nmsu.edu Date: Mon, 1 Sep 2014 12:12:27 +0000 (UTC) Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Sunday, August 31, 2014 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- S.Hawley A.Kowalski DIS 18:40 05:38 INST SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B D B ---------------------------------------------------------------- UW01/R 19:38 06:30 0 0 0 0 7.3 3.5 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: J.Dembicky Echelle Interoder light images taken Checked ecamera for condensation, looked fine. dcam hung 04:38, restarted ------- 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 19:57 dcamera 328( 1029) 104 35 17.4 19.9 19.8 19.3 18.0 -- 1.50 20:20 dcamera 228( 858) 131 64 18.0 19.2 19.2 18.4 17.7 -- 1.30 05:06 ecamera 275( -333) 224 66 15.5 15.5 16.0 15.4 15.3 ND3 0.65 ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:00 70 40 19 272 (W) 495 clear none 17:00 72 42 23 257 (WSW) 427 clear none 18:00 71 42 18 251 (WSW) 528 clear none 19:00 67 40 19 263 (W) 524 clear none 20:00 65 36 17 241 (WSW) 573 clear none 21:00 64 33 15 250 (WSW) 341 clear none 22:00 65 34 15 267 (W) 378 clear none 23:00 64 33 11 265 (W) 437 clear none 00:00 64 33 12 272 (W) 459 clear none 01:00 63 34 13 276 (W) 439 clear none 02:00 62 35 16 300 (WNW) 576 clear none 03:00 61 34 9 277 (W) 497 clear none 04:00 61 32 8 293 (WNW) 477 clear none 05:00 60 33 7 277 (W) 482 clear none 06:00 59 35 5 298 (WNW) 543 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