Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20150128 From: alaina@apo.nmsu.edu Date: Thu, 29 Jan 2015 12:38:57 +0000 (UTC) Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Wednesday, January 28, 2015 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- E.Friel J.Overbeek ECHELLE 16:30 23:01 M.Hammergren M.Brucker, K.Nault SPICam 23:06 00:18 K.Pan K.Pan ECHELLE --:-- --:-- INST SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B D B ---------------------------------------------------------------- DD01/R 17:41 23:10 0 1.0 0 0 0.0 4.5 0 0 AD02/R 23:10 01:10 0 2.0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0 0 NM06/R 01:10 06:52 4.2 1.5 0 0 0.0 0.0 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: A.Bradley We started off with mostly clear skies and good seeing, but the clouds got bad around 10pm. They got worse and worse, and the rest of the night was lost. We tried to stay open for a while, but no science was happening. ------- 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 18:04 ecamera 297( -796) 65 65 4.1 5.9 5.5 5.5 4.4 ND2 0.90 ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:00 6 -4 1 4 (N) 142 mstly clr none 17:00 5 -2 4 266 (W) 167 mstly clr none 18:00 4 -3 3 340 (NNW) 164 clear none 19:00 4 -3 10 326 (NW) 157 clear none 20:00 4 -2 10 313 (NW) 130 clear none 21:00 4 -1 8 318 (NW) 155 ptly cldy none 22:00 4 -1 7 323 (NW) 155 mstly cldy none 23:00 4 -2 1 318 (NW) 153 cloudy none 00:00 4 -1 3 33 (NNE) 180 cloudy none 01:00 5 -2 6 353 (N) 149 cloudy none 02:00 5 -3 9 54 (NE) 157 cloudy none 03:00 6 -9 5 110 (ESE) 62 cloudy none 04:00 6 -9 13 126 (SE) 85 cloudy none 05:00 6 -9 10 104 (ESE) 62 cloudy 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