Date: Thu, 7 Aug 2014 11:07:50 -0000 (UTC) Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20140806 From: "Alysha Shugart" Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Wednesday, August 06, 2014 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- P.Gaulme J.McKeever ECHELLE --:-- --:-- J.Borish J.Borish TSPEC --:-- --:-- INST SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B D B ---------------------------------------------------------------- NM03/R 20:06 01:10 0 5.1 0 0 0.0 0.0 0 0 UV05/R 01:10 06:13 3.2 1.8 0 0 0.0 0.0 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: A.Shugart During NM03's cals, the script was meant to command the filter from blue to open. According to the TUI log, the command was regocnized. 2:01:41 CmdDone: NM03.Jean 19 echelle calfilter Open After the next few images went, NM03 Thar 0017-0020, we checked and found that Echelle reported the filter in the blue position. So, the command was read, but not instituted. We were not able to open all night due to clouds and thunderstorms in the early morning. Called it a night at 05:00 and filled NICFPS. ------- 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 68 52 10 240 (WSW) 509 mstly cldy none 17:00 65 51 1 209 (SSW) 500 mstly cldy lt rain 18:00 57 50 6 89 (E) 951 cloudy rain 19:00 55 51 13 113 (ESE) 1175 mstly cldy lt rain 20:00 61 44 6 103 (ESE) 431 mstly cldy none 21:00 61 45 5 108 (ESE) 390 cloudy none 22:00 61 45 4 188 (S) 406 cloudy none 23:00 62 47 3 208 (SSW) 503 cloudy none 00:00 62 47 5 190 (S) 435 cloudy none 01:00 60 48 17 218 (SW) 556 cloudy none 02:00 57 49 11 209 (SSW) 561 cloudy lt rain 03:00 55 53 14 186 (S) 991 cloudy rain 04:00 54 53 10 204 (SSW) 758 cloudy lt rain 05:00 55 49 7 185 (S) 416 cloudy lt rain 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