Date: Mon, 19 Jan 2015 13:42:49 -0000 (UTC) Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20150118 From: "Alysha Shugart" Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Sunday, January 18, 2015 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- P.Dou P.Dou,D.Ren,X.Zhang PAO 16:00 23:30 J.Wang P.Du DIS 00:20 06:43 INST SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B D B ---------------------------------------------------------------- DD03/R 17:31 00:10 0 0 0 0 6.7 0.0 0 0 IH01/R 00:10 06:56 0 0 0 0 5.8 1.0 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: A.Shugart With the visiting instrument tonight, we were able to get diffraction-limited images on Aldeberan (V = 0.5), and make an estimate PSF of 0.2". Dismounting went smoothly. Group is packed up. The rest of the night was mostly clear, with moderate seeing. Mounted GIFS for daytime testing. ------- 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 18:06 pao 475( 656) 125 39 4.1 5.8 5.6 5.8 4.8 -- 2.00 01:32 dcamera 333( 163) -41 52 4.1 3.3 3.5 3.4 4.1 -- 1.65 ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:00 3 356 (N) 82 clear none 17:00 10 49 (NE) 86 clear none 18:00 8 3 (N) 77 clear none 19:00 6 30 (NNE) 55 clear none 20:00 10 337 (NNW) 134 clear none 21:00 11 25 (NNE) 72 mstly clr none 22:00 18 23 (NNE) 84 clear none 23:00 17 24 (NNE) 96 mstly clr none 00:00 17 20 (NNE) 106 clear none 01:00 17 29 (NNE) 91 clear none 02:00 19 42 (NE) 78 clear none 03:00 23 27 (NNE) 61 clear none 04:00 19 30 (NNE) 61 clear none 05:00 26 2 (N) 67 clear none 06:00 25 22 (NNE) 72 clear none 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