Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20140910 From: alaina@apo.nmsu.edu Date: Thu, 11 Sep 2014 12:43:36 +0000 (UTC) Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Wednesday, September 10, 2014 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- J.Desert C.Huitson TSPEC 20:45 01:00 J.Hughes J.Hughes Spicam 01:12 06:35 INST SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B D B ---------------------------------------------------------------- CU05/R 19:24 01:10 1.0 0.3 0 0 0.0 4.5 0 0 UW12/R 01:10 06:36 0 0 0 0 0.0 5.4 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: A.Bradley Tonight we had some weather delays, and issues with clouds and humidity throughout the night. Catherine was barely able to see her objects through the clouds, but things improved slightly during second half. I had no other problems, except the gcam failed onse towards morning with the following error: 2014-09-11 11:05:00 APO.alaina.gcam 3919 gcamera f text="local variable 'd' referenced before assignment" It was cleared up by starting the nubs. ------- 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 22:03 tcamera 88( 695) 241 65 13.4 14.8 14.9 14.7 13.6 -- 1.25 00:19 SPIcam 255( 763) 271 39 13.8 13.3 13.6 13.2 13.3 sdss g 0.91 ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:00 61 47 9 9 (N) 304 clear none 17:00 62 46 2 276 (W) 355 clear none 18:00 64 48 9 290 (WNW) 364 clear none 19:00 59 47 3 268 (W) 346 ptly cldy humid 20:00 56 47 7 84 (E) 378 clear none 21:00 58 46 8 46 (NE) 310 mstly cldy humid 22:00 57 49 7 84 (E) 358 mstly clr humid 23:00 56 49 2 100 (E) 389 ptly cldy humid 00:00 56 48 8 114 (ESE) 353 ptly cldy humid 01:00 56 48 13 129 (SE) 359 ptly cldy humid 02:00 57 48 12 150 (SSE) 329 mstly clr humid 03:00 54 48 11 108 (ESE) 420 mstly clr humid 04:00 55 47 10 165 (SSE) 352 mstly clr humid 05:00 54 47 10 177 (S) 397 mstly clr humid 06:00 54 46 11 145 (SE) 369 mstly clr 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