Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20150311 From: alaina@apo.nmsu.edu Date: Thu, 12 Mar 2015 12:46:18 +0000 (UTC) Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Wednesday, March 11, 2015 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- J.Wang P.Du DIS 19:14 01:00 E.Ellingson See below DIS 01:00 06:30 INST SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B D B ---------------------------------------------------------------- IH01/R 19:17 01:10 0 0 0 0 5.3 0.6 0 0 CU02/R 01:10 07:09 0 0 0 0 0.0 6.0 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: A.Bradley CU02 oberserving class--Erica Ellingson, Alex Truebenbach, Kevin J. Nadeau, Joe Chapman, Sean G. Galvin, Nick Vandervegt Night started out a bit cloudy with variable seeing. It all cleared up after a few hours, and we ended with clear skies. We mounted the eyepiece at 5:30, and all enjoyed the show. :) ------- 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 18:28 dcamera 482( 515) 29 56 3.5 7.3 6.5 7.5 4.6 -- 1.90 00:16 dcamera 380( 147) 222 61 2.6 2.2 2.7 2.0 2.3 -- 1.40 ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp C Dewp C MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:00 8 -6 2 156 (SSE) mstly clr none 17:00 8 -6 2 331 (NNW) ptly cldy none 18:00 7 -6 2 198 (SSW) mstly clr none 19:00 5 -9 11 78 (ENE) mstly clr none 20:00 3 -9 15 85 (E) mstly clr none 21:00 2 -8 13 82 (E) clear none 22:00 2 -8 9 89 (E) clear none 23:00 3 -8 12 66 (ENE) clear none 00:00 3 -8 12 71 (ENE) clear none 01:00 3 -10 9 86 (E) clear none 02:00 3 -11 8 87 (E) clear none 03:00 3 -11 5 83 (E) clear none 04:00 3 -10 1 209 (SSW) clear none 05:00 2 -10 3 228 (SW) clear none 06:00 2 -8 4 185 (S) 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