Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20140915 From: mcmillan@apo.nmsu.edu Date: Tue, 16 Sep 2014 11:39:35 +0000 (UTC) Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Monday, September 15, 2014 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- M.Hammergren G.Gyuk,M.Hammergren SPIcam --:-- --:-- M.Strauss M.Strauss, TSPEC --:-- --:-- P.Pattarakijwanich INST SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B D B ---------------------------------------------------------------- UC02/R 19:18 01:10 4.9 1.0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0 0 PU05/R 01:10 06:39 0 5.5 0 0 0.0 0.0 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: R.McMillan Another wave of tropical moisture arrived tonight, with rain and high humidity. There was no chance of opening, but at least all the instruments are looking dry for now. ------- 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 59 55 5 194 (SSW) 122 cloudy lt rain 17:00 57 54 2 256 (WSW) 97 cloudy none 18:00 57 52 1 101 (E) 228 cloudy none 19:00 55 52 8 89 (E) 172 cloudy none 20:00 53 51 9 87 (E) 134 cloudy none 21:00 53 51 10 88 (E) 133 cloudy none 22:00 53 50 9 107 (ESE) 132 cloudy rain 23:00 53 50 11 121 (ESE) 137 cloudy lt rain 00:00 53 50 7 110 (ESE) 140 cloudy lt rain 01:00 52 50 9 133 (SE) 90 cloudy lt rain 02:00 52 50 8 123 (ESE) 101 cloudy lt rain 03:00 51 50 10 112 (ESE) 104 cloudy none 04:00 51 50 9 125 (SE) 113 cloudy rain 05:00 51 50 2 104 (ESE) 95 cloudy 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: 2.3.0