Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20150307 From: dembicky@apo.nmsu.edu Date: Sun, 8 Mar 2015 12:07:45 +0000 (UTC) Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Saturday, March 07, 2015 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- E.Friel J.Overbeek ECHELLE --:-- --:-- E.Glikman E.Glikman TSPEC --:-- --:-- INST SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B D B ---------------------------------------------------------------- DD01/R 18:14 00:10 1.8 4.2 0 0 0 0 0 0 NA03/R 00:10 07:14 0.0 6.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: J.Dembicky Clouds kept us closed all night. Time change to Daylight savings time, so the start/finish time for the 2nd half program is 6.1 hrs and not 7.1. Observer gave up at 04:00 with cloudy sky and not much hope of improvement. ------- 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp C Dewp C MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:00 6 -4 8 177 (S) 2007 cloudy none 17:00 5 -2 7 177 (S) 1347 cloudy none 18:00 5 -4 11 197 (SSW) 1610 cloudy none 19:00 4 -4 21 211 (SSW) 1250 cloudy none 20:00 5 -6 8 244 (WSW) 1157 cloudy none 21:00 4 -6 11 228 (SW) 1198 cloudy none 22:00 2 -3 15 147 (SSE) 965 cloudy none 23:00 2 -2 8 151 (SSE) 883 cloudy none 00:00 3 -2 10 204 (SSW) 1233 cloudy none 01:00 2 -1 3 205 (SSW) 927 cloudy none 03:00 2 -1 2 112 (ESE) 929 cloudy none 04:00 2 -1 5 170 (S) 1001 cloudy none 05:00 2 -1 8 190 (S) 1060 ptly cldy none 06:00 2 -2 10 218 (SW) 1185 mstly cldy 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