Date: Mon, 16 Mar 2015 12:56:37 -0000 (UTC) Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20150315 From: "Alysha Shugart" Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Sunday, March 15, 2015 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- E.Ellingson E.Ellingson DIS 19:45 01:04 J.Hughes J.Hughes SPICAM 01:20 06:45 INST SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B D B ---------------------------------------------------------------- CU02/R 19:20 01:10 0 0 0 0 5.8 0.0 0 0 SU01/R 01:10 07:04 0 0 0 0 3.0 2.9 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: A.Shugart Corrupted tspec images at the beginning of the night. Colorado group still observing first half: Allyssa Riley, Jack Hallowell, John Noonan, Tracy Todd, Alisha Dion, Tommy Fettig. New 3.5m optidew sensor had wacky readings again tonight after midnight, but corrected itself within an hour or two. Clear, calm night with moderate seeing and no other problems. ------- 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 19:53 dcamera 133( 172) 11 59 2.4 7.5 6.7 7.7 4.3 -- 1.77 21:44 dcamera 323( 119) 120 60 2.4 2.8 3.1 2.5 2.4 -- 2.11 01:29 SPIcam 376( 306) 85 67 2.2 2.5 3.0 2.4 2.1 sdssu 1.53 04:26 SPIcam 344( 238) 93 61 2.1 1.8 2.2 1.5 1.5 wash-w 1.09 ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp C Dewp C MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:00 8 -8 3 249 (WSW) clear none 17:00 9 -8 12 255 (WSW) clear none 18:00 7 -9 9 264 (W) clear none 19:00 6 -10 5 283 (WNW) clear none 20:00 3 -11 8 82 (E) clear none 21:00 2 -11 10 92 (E) clear none 22:00 3 -11 10 108 (ESE) clear none 23:00 4 -11 11 130 (SE) clear none 00:00 4 -11 10 117 (ESE) clear none 01:00 3 -9 10 180 (S) clear none 02:00 2 -8 5 255 (WSW) clear none 03:00 2 -8 1 207 (SSW) clear none 04:00 2 -8 1 276 (W) clear none 05:00 3 -7 2 213 (SSW) clear none 06:00 2 -8 6 358 (N) 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