Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20150114 From: alaina@apo.nmsu.edu Date: Thu, 15 Jan 2015 13:35:44 +0000 (UTC) Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Wednesday, January 14, 2015 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- P.Dou P.Dou, D.Ren, X.Zhang PAO --:-- --:-- S.Anderson J.Ruan DIS 00:35 01:17 02:45 06:15 INST SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B D B ---------------------------------------------------------------- DD03/R 17:28 00:10 6.7 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0 0 UW04/R 00:10 06:57 1.4 0.8 0 0 0.5 4.1 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: A.Bradley First half was lost to high humidity and clouds. No new snow accumulation, but there was a bit of moisture falling occasionally. When we did get to open briefly, the seeing was terrible. Later in the morning, conditions stayed in the white, and the seeing even improved. ------- 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 00:48 dcamera 228( -232) 121 61 -5.2 -2.2 -0.5 -2.5 -4.1 -- 2.30 02:54 dcamera 213( -318) 168 80 -2.4 -3.5 -3.0 -3.7 -2.7 -- 2.26 04:31 dcamera 305( -218) -38 58 -3.2 -3.5 -3.0 -3.4 -3.4 -- 1.87 ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:00 25 25 4 358 (N) 415 cloudy lt snow 17:00 25 24 6 360 (N) 87 cloudy humid 18:00 24 23 13 25 (NNE) 47 cloudy humid 19:00 23 22 8 350 (N) 799 cloudy humid 20:00 23 22 1 323 (NW) 599 ptly cldy humid 21:00 22 21 17 33 (NNE) 88 mstly clr humid 22:00 22 18 18 23 (NNE) 32 mstly clr humid 23:00 21 19 13 16 (NNE) 30 clear humid 00:00 22 18 24 26 (NNE) 44 clear none 01:00 22 18 15 10 (N) 42 clear humid 02:00 25 17 25 29 (NNE) 86 clear none 03:00 27 15 23 31 (NNE) 41 clear none 04:00 27 17 26 58 (ENE) 50 clear none 05:00 27 17 24 63 (ENE) 33 clear wind 06:00 28 9 29 54 (NE) 66 clear wind 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: 1.0.4 Current TUI version: 2.3.2