Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20151204 From: dembicky@apo.nmsu.edu Date: Sat, 5 Dec 2015 13:00:19 +0000 (UTC) Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Friday, December 04, 2015 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- C.Pilachowski C.Pilachowski DIS 16:30 23:50 J.Bary J.Bary TSPEC 00:00 02:15 J.Bary Echelle 02:15 06:20 INST SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B D B ---------------------------------------------------------------- DD03/R 17:06 00:10 0 0 0 0 7.1 0.0 0 0 NA04/R 00:10 06:42 0 0 0 0 1.3 5.2 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: J.Dembicky No problems tonight. Thin clouds started to come in around 3AM. ------- 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 17:36 dcamera 474( 271) -65 82 3.8 6.0 6.3 6.3 4.6 -- 1.50 18:10 dcamera 492( 234) -68 76 3.5 4.9 5.3 4.7 3.9 -- 1.26 19:19 dcamera 437( 133) 94 81 3.8 4.0 4.5 3.8 3.6 -- 1.27 00:10 tcamera 606( 531) 134 63 4.8 4.4 5.0 4.5 4.4 Ks 1.15 02:23 ecamera 567( -772) 307 43 3.7 3.9 4.5 3.9 3.9 ND1 1.10 ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp C Dewp C MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:00 43 12 10 213 (SSW) 310 clear none 17:00 40 12 11 214 (SW) 305 clear none 18:00 38 13 12 199 (SSW) 324 clear none 19:00 39 4 14 216 (SW) 184 clear none 20:00 40 1 9 205 (SSW) 152 clear none 21:00 40 -2 11 221 (SW) 135 clear none 22:00 42 -5 9 251 (WSW) 98 mstly clr none 23:00 41 -5 10 255 (WSW) 103 mstly clr none 00:00 41 1 13 245 (WSW) 255 mstly clr none 01:00 40 2 8 264 (W) 257 mstly clr none 02:00 39 7 9 259 (W) 310 mstly clr none 03:00 39 10 15 248 (WSW) 525 ptly cldy none 04:00 38 12 18 222 (SW) 427 ptly cldy none 05:00 37 14 14 240 (WSW) 460 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: 2.5.0