Date: Mon, 2 Mar 2015 12:00:00 -0000 (UTC) Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20150301 From: "Alysha Shugart" Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Sunday, March 01, 2015 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- S.Hawley S.Hawley DIS 18:16 23:05 M.Hammergren M.Hammergren, K.Nault TSPEC 23:21 00:58 M.Brucker M.Hammergren M.Hammergren, K.Nault DIS --:-- --:-- M.Brucker INST SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B D B ---------------------------------------------------------------- UW01/R 18:09 23:10 0 0 0 0 0.0 5.0 0 0 AD02/R 23:10 01:10 0 0.2 0 0 0.0 1.8 0 0 AD01/R 01:10 06:22 1.8 3.4 0 0 0.0 0.0 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: A.Shugart Stopped getting data at 00:30 when we could no longer push through the thick clouds. Closed at 00:58. We did not open the rest of the night due to clouds and the incoming front. Gave up at 05:00. Tspec aux tank showed 81-82 K temp range tonight. Images looked fine. ------- 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 19:30 dcamera 285( 279) -20 76 6.1 6.7 6.8 6.7 6.2 -- 1.26 00:34 tcamera 460( 606) 22 55 6.9 6.6 6.9 6.8 6.8 -- 1.22 ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp C Dewp C MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:00 8 -6 21 192 (SSW) 551 ptly cldy none 17:00 6 -7 25 201 (SSW) 814 ptly cldy none 18:00 5 -11 21 182 (S) 556 ptly cldy none 19:00 7 -13 16 185 (S) 491 ptly cldy none 20:00 7 -14 20 193 (SSW) 458 ptly cldy none 21:00 7 -14 21 204 (SSW) 410 ptly cldy none 22:00 7 -14 21 194 (SSW) 423 mstly clr none 23:00 7 -10 23 182 (S) 498 ptly cldy none 00:00 7 -9 22 191 (S) 541 mstly cldy none 01:00 7 -8 24 198 (SSW) 479 cloudy none 02:00 7 -8 22 197 (SSW) 392 cloudy none 03:00 6 -7 26 207 (SSW) 402 cloudy none 04:00 6 -3 32 192 (SSW) 305 cloudy 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