Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20150212 From: mcmillan@apo.nmsu.edu Date: Fri, 13 Feb 2015 13:48:27 +0000 (UTC) Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Thursday, February 12, 2015 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- T.Brown T.Brown,A.Brown DIS 18:00 22:10 ECHELLE 22:10 23:05 M.Hammergren K.Nault,M.Brucker Agile 23:08 01:08 J.Wang P.Du DIS 01:10 06:00 INST SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B D B ---------------------------------------------------------------- CU06/R 17:54 23:10 0 0 0 0 5.3 0.0 0 0 AD02/R 23:10 01:10 0 0 0 0 2.0 0.0 0 0 IH01/R 01:10 06:40 0 0 0 0 0.6 4.9 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: R.McMillan Clear all night with variable seeing. Humidity was near the limit for part of the night but never really got high enough to pose a threat. ------- 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 18:17 dcamera 366( 128) 1 82 10.0 2.2 1.1 2.3 -0.0 - 1.49 22:15 ecamera 420( -947) 270 40 10.0 0.1 0.5 -0.2 0.4 Clear 1.26 23:19 AGILE 300(-2069) 142 32 10.0 -0.3 0.2 -0.4 -0.5 r 1.03 01:19 dcamera 334( -55) 187 80 10.0 -0.7 -0.2 -0.9 -0.4 - 1.31 ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp C Dewp C MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:00 3 -4 13 212 (SSW) 215 clear none 17:00 2 -5 6 223 (SW) 229 clear none 18:00 -1 -6 3 219 (SW) 275 clear none 19:00 0 -5 5 181 (S) 241 clear none 20:00 0 -4 2 192 (SSW) 177 clear none 21:00 1 -4 1 226 (SW) 159 clear none 22:00 0 -3 2 250 (WSW) 184 clear none 23:00 0 -4 1 303 (WNW) 140 clear none 00:00 0 -4 5 352 (N) 190 clear none 01:00 0 -4 1 333 (NNW) 180 clear none 02:00 1 -5 4 291 (WNW) 216 clear none 03:00 0 -5 2 253 (WSW) 163 clear none 04:00 0 -4 1 280 (W) 139 clear none 05:00 0 -4 5 1 (N) 148 clear none 06:00 1 -11 3 103 (ESE) 157 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: 2.3.2