Date: Tue, 14 Apr 2015 11:49:22 -0000 (UTC) Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20150413 From: "Alysha Shugart" Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Monday, April 13, 2015 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- M.Bentz M.Bentz DIS --:-- --:-- A.Thelen A.Thelen DIS --:-- --:-- B.Nevin B.Nevin DIS 02:02 05:42 INST SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B D B ---------------------------------------------------------------- GS01/R 19:40 20:50 1.2 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0 0 NM07/R 20:50 01:10 4.3 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0 0 CU05/R 01:10 06:27 0.9 0.8 0 0 1.5 2.0 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: A.Shugart HIgh winds and ice kept us closed for most of the night, until things finally calmed down in the wee hours. Seeing was never good, so we closed slightly early. No technical 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 02:08 dcamera 350( 36) -80 64 -2.1 0.7 3.2 -0.0 -1.4 -- 2.59 03:03 dcamera 668( 304) -7 85 -1.9 -0.2 2.4 -0.9 -1.5 -- 3.00 04:39 dcamera 751( 354) -83 68 -0.6 -0.9 1.5 -1.3 -1.0 -- 2.78 ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp C Dewp C MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:00 32 28 46 74 (ENE) 842 cloudy lt snow 17:00 33 26 42 64 (ENE) 683 cloudy humid 18:00 33 27 36 73 (ENE) 824 cloudy humid 19:00 33 28 29 72 (ENE) 817 cloudy humid 20:00 33 30 31 70 (ENE) 901 cloudy humid 21:00 33 29 37 68 (ENE) 973 cloudy humid 22:00 32 26 36 72 (ENE) 796 cloudy none 23:00 31 25 9 64 (ENE) 944 cloudy humid 00:00 29 26 10 78 (ENE) 815 cloudy humid 01:00 29 23 7 83 (E) 756 mstly cldy humid 02:00 28 22 9 77 (ENE) 786 mstly clr none 03:00 29 19 7 58 (ENE) 723 mstly clr none 04:00 30 15 3 345 (NNW) 736 clear none 05:00 32 14 18 61 (ENE) 726 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: 2.3.3