Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20150331 From: alaina@apo.nmsu.edu Date: Wed, 1 Apr 2015 12:15:08 +0000 (UTC) Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Tuesday, March 31, 2015 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- M.Bentz M.Batiste, C.Roberts DIS 22:50 01:07 K.Pan K.Pan ECHELLE 01:08 05:55 INST SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B D B ---------------------------------------------------------------- GS03/O 19:31 01:10 0 3.3 0 0 0.0 2.4 0 0 NM06/R 01:10 06:43 0 0 0 0 1.4 4.2 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: A.Bradley GS03 observers for training: Merida Batiste, Caroline Roberts Had scattered clouds with LOTS of radar returns to start the night. We finally got open just shy of 11pm, with humidity high but safe. The rest of the night was productive, with clear skies and good seeing. ------- 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 21:57 dcamera 245( 374) 83 61 5.9 9.3 11.6 9.0 6.8 -- 1.54 00:16 ecamera 324( -778) 10 68 5.5 5.8 6.4 5.7 5.5 ND1 1.20 ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp C Dewp C MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:00 7 230 (SW) 1229 mstly cldy none 17:00 10 259 (W) 1157 ptly cldy none 18:00 10 239 (WSW) 943 mstly cldy none 19:00 11 199 (SSW) 1042 mstly cldy none 20:00 18 182 (S) 1121 mstly cldy lt rain 21:00 11 184 (S) 3286 mstly cldy lt rain 22:00 17 192 (SSW) 2901 ptly cldy none 23:00 9 163 (SSE) 1250 clear none 00:00 10 180 (S) 1045 clear none 01:00 11 184 (S) 803 clear none 02:00 7 186 (S) 764 clear none 03:00 7 250 (WSW) 717 clear none 04:00 11 295 (WNW) 735 clear none 05:00 7 267 (W) 746 clear none 06:00 7 341 (NNW) 699 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