Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20150127 From: alaina@apo.nmsu.edu Date: Wed, 28 Jan 2015 13:53:33 +0000 (UTC) Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Tuesday, January 27, 2015 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- M.Brogi M.Brogi, C.Huitson ECHELLE 16:40 00:05 J.Wang P.Du DIS 00:07 06:40 INST SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B D B ---------------------------------------------------------------- CU01/R 17:40 00:10 0 0 0 0 0.0 6.5 0 0 IH01/R 00:10 06:52 0 0 0 0 5.2 1.5 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: A.Bradley We battled humidity and clouds all night. We stayed open throughout, and only had about 10 minutes of not being able to find stars toward morning. Productive night, with no problems. ------- 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 18:52 ecamera 225( -826) 105 61 4.1 6.8 6.3 5.9 5.1 ND1 1.02 00:14 dcamera 295( 139) 122 64 4.1 3.8 4.2 3.8 3.7 -- 1.35 ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:00 9 0 8 295 (WNW) 75 mstly clr none 17:00 8 0 6 307 (NW) 86 mstly clr none 18:00 6 0 9 305 (NW) 24 mstly clr none 19:00 5 0 11 290 (WNW) 28 clear none 20:00 4 1 10 272 (W) 23 clear humid 21:00 4 1 9 264 (W) 32 clear humid 22:00 5 0 12 270 (W) 10 mstly clr humid 23:00 4 0 12 270 (W) 41 ptly cldy humid 00:00 4 1 10 273 (W) 150 ptly cldy humid 01:00 4 1 13 264 (W) 194 clear humid 02:00 4 0 13 288 (WNW) 205 clear humid 03:00 4 0 20 300 (WNW) 143 clear humid 04:00 4 0 20 311 (NW) 180 ptly cldy humid 05:00 4 0 8 338 (NNW) 149 ptly cldy none 06:00 4 -1 12 346 (NNW) 159 ptly cldy 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