Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20151205 From: alaina@apo.nmsu.edu Date: Sun, 6 Dec 2015 14:01:17 +0000 (UTC) Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Saturday, December 05, 2015 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- J.Roberts J.Roberts NICFPS 17:19 00:14 R.Wyse G.Ruchti ECHELLE 00:18 05:37 T.Murphy R.McMillan APOLLO 05:42 06:42 INST SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B D B ---------------------------------------------------------------- CU03/R 17:06 00:10 0 0 0 0 7.1 0.0 0 0 JH01/R 00:10 05:43 0 0 0 0 2.2 3.4 0 0 AP01/R 05:43 06:43 0 0 0 0 0.0 1.0 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: A.Bradley Night was clear with mediocre seeing. We had one small burst of almost dangerous winds, but it didn't last long. I noticed that the gcam shutter seems to be sticking shut every few images. Edited the existing PR. Tspec was healthy. ------- 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 18:03 NICFPS 406( 645) 126 52 3.5 4.6 5.0 4.5 3.9 MK-Ks 2.30 00:25 ecamera 503( -893) 348 51 3.5 2.9 3.4 2.6 3.1 ND2 1.15 05:48 APOLLO 450( 993) 48 32 5.3 2.4 3.1 2.2 3.3 -- 1.80 ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp C Dewp C MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:00 41 5 13 327 (NNW) 269 clear none 17:00 40 5 10 347 (NNW) 229 clear none 18:00 38 6 11 356 (N) 304 clear none 19:00 39 3 15 32 (NNE) 327 clear none 20:00 39 -4 19 27 (NNE) 281 clear none 21:00 39 -9 21 26 (NNE) 206 clear none 22:00 39 -7 14 9 (N) 155 clear none 23:00 38 -8 14 39 (NE) 180 clear none 00:00 39 -10 1 238 (WSW) 160 clear none 01:00 37 -10 2 203 (SSW) 178 clear none 02:00 36 -5 4 191 (S) 230 clear none 03:00 36 -3 1 86 (E) 274 clear none 04:00 36 -10 8 2 (N) 174 clear none 05:00 38 -11 8 353 (N) 46 clear none 06:00 38 -9 9 353 (N) 34 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