Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20151009 From: cgray@apo.nmsu.edu Date: Sat, 10 Oct 2015 11:24:59 +0000 (UTC) Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Friday, October 09, 2015 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- A.Mukadam A.Mukadam Agile 22:44 01:50 INST SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B D B ---------------------------------------------------------------- UW02/R 18:46 06:55 7.1 2.0 0 0 3.1 0 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: C.Gray Sky was mostly clear when we opened but the humidity was very high. Humidity dropped around 22:30, allowing us to open. Humidity rose too high and we closed at 01:50 and were not able to reopen. ------- 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 22:02 AGILE 569(-1582) 147 82 7.5 7.8 8.7 7.6 7.4 BG40 0.79 ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp C Dewp C MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:00 48 42 12 97 (E) 98 clear humid 17:00 47 43 7 83 (E) 120 clear humid 18:00 47 42 10 86 (E) 172 clear humid 19:00 44 43 9 71 (ENE) 196 clear humid 20:00 44 42 11 82 (E) 289 clear humid 21:00 43 42 8 87 (E) 353 clear humid 22:00 43 40 8 87 (E) 367 clear humid 23:00 46 39 7 105 (ESE) 181 clear none 00:00 45 39 8 147 (SSE) 118 clear none 01:00 46 40 8 187 (S) 129 ptly cldy humid 02:00 45 41 7 193 (SSW) 204 mstly cldy humid 03:00 44 42 2 215 (SW) 273 cloudy humid 04:00 44 42 5 198 (SSW) 221 cloudy humid 05:00 42 42 2 166 (SSE) 106266 cloudy humid 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: 2.4.0