Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20140805 From: dembicky@apo.nmsu.edu Date: Wed, 6 Aug 2014 11:50:33 +0000 (UTC) Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Tuesday, August 05, 2014 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- N.Chanover B.Holler TSPEC 20:55 00:52 Z.Tsvetanov Z.Tsvetanov ECHELLE 01:00 05:30 INST SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B D B ---------------------------------------------------------------- NM01/R 20:07 01:10 0 0.8 0 0 0.0 4.3 0 0 JH03/R 01:10 06:12 0 0 0 0 4.1 0.9 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: J.Dembicky Clouds prevented us from opening at sunset. Ecamera worked fine tonight. My observer confirmed that the blue flats were ok (filter was properly in place when commanded by his script). ------- 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 21:04 tcamera 300( 1121) 34 30 14.9 18.1 17.6 18.1 15.7 Ks 1.00 21:52 tcamera 350( 1063) 18 35 14.5 16.1 16.1 15.7 14.8 Ks 0.90 00:59 ecamera 319( -339) -8 35 13.7 13.8 14.2 13.8 13.7 ND4 1.15 ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:00 65 47 6 268 (W) 559 mstly cldy none 17:00 68 50 9 263 (W) 561 ptly cldy none 18:00 67 50 11 260 (W) 531 ptly cldy none 19:00 64 48 8 231 (SW) 587 ptly cldy none 20:00 60 48 6 203 (SSW) 645 mstly cldy none 21:00 59 48 7 193 (SSW) 824 mstly clr none 22:00 59 47 12 182 (S) 655 clear none 23:00 58 47 13 181 (S) 629 clear none 00:00 58 49 11 200 (SSW) 867 clear none 01:00 57 50 12 205 (SSW) 986 clear none 02:00 56 50 10 236 (SW) 791 clear none 03:00 56 51 9 242 (WSW) 961 mstly clr none 04:00 56 50 8 271 (W) 680 clear none 05:00 53 50 6 346 (NNW) 815 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: 2.2.0