Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20151104 From: dembicky@apo.nmsu.edu Date: Thu, 5 Nov 2015 13:28:13 +0000 (UTC) Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Wednesday, November 04, 2015 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- E.Glikman E.Glikman TSPEC 19:00 00:00 S.Majewski S.Majewski, UVa class ARCTIC 00:10 06:15 INST SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B D B ---------------------------------------------------------------- NA02/R 17:18 00:10 1.7 0 0 0 5.2 0.0 0 0 UV01/O 00:10 06:16 0 0 0 0 0.8 5.3 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: J.Dembicky Clouds, wind, and dust kept us closed at sunset for a little while. We finally opened at 19:00. UVa class M.Pryal, S.Linden, T.Wenger, H.T. Cromartie, P.Panichpibool, P.Patil, A.Matthews, P.Zivick, D.Angell, A.Towner, C.Hayes, J.Davidson 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 19:08 tcamera 694( 642) 113 71 3.4 4.8 5.7 4.8 3.9 Ks 1.40 21:12 tcamera 619( 425) -27 55 3.4 2.0 2.9 2.0 1.7 Ks 0.80 00:21 arctic 539( 221) -26 58 3.4 0.6 1.3 0.7 0.6 sdss u 1.14 00:24 arctic 539( 221) -28 58 3.4 0.6 1.2 0.7 0.6 R 1.40 00:28 arctic 539( 220) -29 58 3.4 0.6 1.2 0.7 0.6 U 1.30 ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp C Dewp C MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:00 31 224 (SW) 2025 mstly cldy none 17:00 44 226 (SW) 4638 mstly cldy lt rain 18:00 29 224 (SW) 6891 mstly cldy none 19:00 19 253 (WSW) 4401 mstly cldy none 20:00 13 264 (W) 1272 ptly cldy none 21:00 15 271 (W) 800 ptly cldy none 22:00 13 272 (W) 792 ptly cldy none 23:00 18 245 (WSW) 774 clear none 00:00 11 259 (W) 720 clear none 01:00 15 262 (W) 780 clear none 02:00 14 261 (W) 745 clear none 03:00 10 260 (W) 737 clear none 04:00 12 226 (SW) 596 clear none 05:00 15 252 (WSW) 690 ptly cldy none 06:00 20 239 (WSW) 712 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: 2.4.0