Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20150223 From: mcmillan@apo.nmsu.edu Date: Tue, 24 Feb 2015 13:33:30 +0000 (UTC) Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Monday, February 23, 2015 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- H.Weaver Y.Ting,C.Lisse SPICAM 20:25 23:05 M.Hammergren M.Hammergren SPICam 23:10 01:05 T.Thuan Y.Izotov DIS 01:15 06:00 INST SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B D B ---------------------------------------------------------------- JH05/R 18:04 23:10 0 2.4 0 0 0.0 2.7 0 0 AD02/R 23:10 01:10 0 0 0 0 1.7 0.4 0 0 UV01/R 01:10 06:29 0 0 0 0 5.3 0.0 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: R.McMillan High winds at the start of the night, gradually decreasing clouds thereafter. Seeing started out poor but got better. Everything worked perfectly. ------- 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 20:36 SPIcam 394( 376) 92 64 3.3 3.5 3.8 3.7 3.1 R 2.25 01:25 dcamera 339( 83) 223 75 1.8 1.9 2.3 1.9 1.8 - 1.56 ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp C Dewp C MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:00 3 0 20 256 (WSW) 415 mstly cldy humid 17:00 3 -2 21 263 (W) 401 mstly cldy none 18:00 3 -3 24 267 (W) 354 ptly cldy none 19:00 4 -4 19 251 (WSW) 511 ptly cldy none 20:00 3 -5 23 249 (WSW) 464 ptly cldy none 21:00 3 -5 25 239 (WSW) 512 ptly cldy none 22:00 3 -6 23 234 (SW) 486 ptly cldy none 23:00 3 -7 15 241 (WSW) 478 ptly cldy none 00:00 2 -7 21 255 (WSW) 446 ptly cldy none 01:00 2 -7 14 266 (W) 476 ptly cldy none 02:00 2 -7 11 266 (W) 413 ptly cldy none 03:00 2 -7 19 254 (WSW) 360 mstly clr none 04:00 2 -7 10 296 (WNW) 317 mstly clr none 05:00 2 -8 9 265 (W) 262 mstly clr none 06:00 1 -8 8 263 (W) 295 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: 2.3.2