Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20151215 From: dembicky@apo.nmsu.edu Date: Wed, 16 Dec 2015 14:12:49 +0000 (UTC) Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Tuesday, December 15, 2015 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- C.Sakari C.Sakari DIS 16:30 23:03 M.Hammergren K.Nault, M.Brucker SPIcam 23:40 01:09 A.Mukadam A.Mukadam Agile 01:12 05:30 Z.Ivezic R.McMillan SPIcam 05:30 06:05 A.Mukadam A.Mukadam Agile 06:05 06:35 INST SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B D B ---------------------------------------------------------------- UW05/R 17:07 23:10 0 0 0 0 1.6 4.4 0 0 AD02/R 23:10 01:10 0 0 0.5 0 1.5 0.0 0 0 UW06/R 01:10 05:30 0 0 0 0 4.4 0.0 0 0 DD05/R/D 05:30 06:05 0 0 0 0 0.5 0 0 0 UW006/R 06:05 06:50 0 0 0 0 0.8 0 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: J.Dembicky ARCTIC shutter would not open. Err 2, reset, took exp, Err 1, reset, init, Err 1. switched to spicam Temp -10C ------- FAILURE LOG ------- PROG INST FAILURE MODE TIME (SEDFNVOG) TI/SHU START FINISH DESCRIPTION ---------------------------------------------------------------------- AD02 R I/H 23:05 23:40 Shutter error, maybe cold related. See activity log. ---------------- FOCUS LOG --------------- Time Instrument Focus Az El Temp Strc Prim Sec Air filt FWHM -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 17:36 dcamera 431( -453) 14 57 -9.4 -7.6 -6.7 -7.6 -8.4 -- 1.60 21:20 dcamera 806( -215) 237 68 -10.4 -10.2 -9.1 -10.1 -10.3 -- 1.40 23:50 SPIcam 694(-185) 188 70 -10.1 -10.3 -9.5 -10.1 -10.2 sdss r 1.00 01:18 AGILE 694(-2400) 14 54 -10.4 -10.8 -9.9 -10.7 -10.8 BG40 1.65 03:41 AGILE 594(-2451) -50 64 -7.8 -9.7 -9.8 -9.3 -9.1 BG40 1.50 05:39 SPIcam 475(-337) 41 65 -8.4 -9.0 -9.3 -8.8 -8.9 sdss i 1.35 ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp C Dewp C MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:00 19 6 30 269 (W) 886 ptly cldy none 17:00 16 6 16 271 (W) 651 ptly cldy none 18:00 15 7 10 266 (W) 568 mstly clr none 19:00 14 8 11 268 (W) 730 mstly cldy none 20:00 14 8 12 272 (W) 871 mstly clr none 21:00 13 7 14 300 (WNW) 712 clear none 22:00 13 7 14 317 (NW) 488 clear none 23:00 14 5 2 347 (NNW) 213 clear none 00:00 13 6 12 351 (N) 357 clear none 01:00 13 7 11 359 (N) 369 clear none 02:00 13 5 14 343 (NNW) 258 clear none 03:00 15 -1 11 356 (N) 96 clear none 04:00 17 -7 18 324 (NW) 52 clear none 05:00 17 -5 15 304 (NW) 51 clear none 06:00 17 -7 13 322 (NW) 38 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: 2.5.0