Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20151217 From: dembicky@apo.nmsu.edu Date: Fri, 18 Dec 2015 13:39:56 +0000 (UTC) Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Thursday, December 17, 2015 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- P.Szkody P.Szkody DIS 17:08 17:55 Z.Ivezic R.McMillan DIS 17:55 18:25 P.Szkody P.Szkody DIS 18:25 23:08 M.Hammergren M.Hammergren, K.Nault DIS 23:10 00:00 M.Brucker K.Nault, M.Brucker SPIcam 00:00 01:03 B.Nevin B.Nevin DIS 01:11 07:00 INST SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B D B ---------------------------------------------------------------- UW07/R 17:08 17:55 0 0 0 0 0 0.8 DD05/R/D 17:55 18:25 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.5 0 0 UW07/R 18.25 23:10 0 0 0 0 0.0 4.7 0 0 AD02/R 23:10 01:10 0 0 0 0 1.5 0.5 0 0 CU05/R 01:10 06:51 0 0 0 0 5.7 0.0 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: J.Dembicky We adjusted the DIS boresight to be better centered on ths slit. It was a little high. Russet made the change permanent. No problems tonight. Nice and clear again. ------- 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 17:29 dcamera 774( 153) -82 73 -3.7 -2.3 -2.7 -2.2 -2.8 -- 1.35 18:32 dcamera 578( -86) 19 57 -3.2 -3.3 -3.0 -3.3 -3.5 -- 1.60 22:40 dcamera 549( -153) 340 74 -3.4 -3.9 -3.3 -3.6 -3.7 -- 1.30 00:17 SPIcam 615( 101) -29 54 -1.4 -3.3 -2.8 -3.2 -2.8 sdss r 1.20 01:18 dcamera 557( -52) 120 46 -0.5 -2.3 -1.8 -1.9 -1.6 -- 1.60 ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp C Dewp C MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:00 26 -9 10 40 (NE) 126 clear none 17:00 26 -10 17 22 (NNE) 153 clear none 18:00 26 -11 13 10 (N) 201 clear none 19:00 26 -8 13 2 (N) 238 clear none 20:00 25 -5 15 342 (NNW) 234 clear none 21:00 26 -3 7 352 (N) 291 clear none 22:00 26 -3 12 354 (N) 247 clear none 23:00 25 -6 12 331 (NNW) 277 clear none 00:00 29 -12 12 313 (NW) 235 clear none 01:00 30 -14 12 295 (WNW) 207 clear none 02:00 31 -2 9 264 (W) 192 clear none 03:00 32 -10 9 265 (W) 190 clear none 04:00 32 -10 7 231 (SW) 223 clear none 05:00 32 -11 8 264 (W) 181 clear none 06:00 31 -14 11 271 (W) 199 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