Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20151216 From: dembicky@apo.nmsu.edu Date: Thu, 17 Dec 2015 13:41:16 +0000 (UTC) Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Wednesday, December 16, 2015 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- T.Pewitt T.Pewett ECHELLE 16:00 00:00 A.Mukadam A.Mukadam Agile 00:05 06:40 INST SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B D B ---------------------------------------------------------------- GS01/R 17:08 00:10 0 0 0 0 1.6 5.5 0 0 UW06/R 00:10 06:51 0 0 0 0 6.7 0.0 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: J.Dembicky SPIcam not happy this afternoon. I tried restarting the nubs, then physically reset the instrument. Resetting the instrument fixed things. No other problems and a nice clear night. ------- 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 17:35 ecamera 562(-1349) 104 52 -8.7 -7.2 -7.1 -7.5 -8.3 ND3 1.00 23:45 ecamera 637(-1303) 3 54 -7.2 -7.8 -7.3 -7.6 -7.4 ND3 0.75 00:10 AGILE 587(-2353) -162 69 -6.9 -7.5 -7.1 -7.2 -7.3 BG40 1.00 ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp C Dewp C MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:00 18 4 7 292 (WNW) 88 clear none 17:00 17 3 8 353 (N) 89 clear none 18:00 17 3 11 327 (NNW) 90 clear none 19:00 18 4 16 327 (NNW) 116 clear none 20:00 19 5 14 331 (NNW) 84 clear none 21:00 19 4 9 334 (NNW) 96 clear none 22:00 18 3 7 340 (NNW) 187 clear none 23:00 19 4 13 308 (NW) 134 clear none 00:00 19 3 16 301 (WNW) 169 clear none 01:00 20 2 15 282 (WNW) 119 clear none 02:00 20 3 25 315 (NW) 152 clear none 03:00 19 5 20 305 (NW) 145 clear none 04:00 19 -2 14 319 (NW) 85 clear none 05:00 19 -3 15 316 (NW) 102 clear none 06:00 18 -4 9 316 (NW) 143 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