Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20151225 From: cgray@apo.nmsu.edu Date: Sat, 26 Dec 2015 13:27:47 +0000 (UTC) Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Friday, December 25, 2015 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- D.Gang H.Yan, J.Shi ECHELLE 05:00 06:30 INST SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B D B ---------------------------------------------------------------- NC01/R 17:12 06:55 0.5 11.4 0 0 0 1.9 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: C.Gray Tspec good, took 1500 darks. The night started out windy and cloudy. We were able to open at 05:00 when the clouds cleared. ------- 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 05:35 ecamera 353(-1261) 276 46 -2.8 -1.4 -0.5 -1.6 -2.2 ND2 2.00 ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp C Dewp C MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:00 35 22 17 209 (SSW) 746 mstly cldy none 17:00 35 22 24 225 (SW) 1785 ptly cldy none 18:00 35 18 29 230 (SW) 810 ptly cldy none 19:00 35 15 33 234 (SW) 403 cloudy none 20:00 34 16 29 227 (SW) 338 cloudy none 21:00 33 18 24 210 (SSW) 663 cloudy none 22:00 33 18 39 211 (SSW) 1370 cloudy none 23:00 32 18 23 213 (SSW) 771 cloudy none 00:00 31 17 24 215 (SW) 555 cloudy none 01:00 31 16 16 221 (SW) 645 cloudy none 02:00 30 15 20 234 (SW) 574 cloudy none 03:00 29 19 15 229 (SW) 1019 mstly cldy none 04:00 29 20 17 207 (SSW) 948 mstly cldy none 05:00 27 21 7 236 (SW) 1196 mstly clr none 06:00 26 24 1 234 (SW) 1755 mstly clr 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