Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20150422 From: alaina@apo.nmsu.edu Date: Thu, 23 Apr 2015 12:32:48 +0000 (UTC) Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Wednesday, April 22, 2015 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- M.Bentz M.Bentz DIS 17:25 20:56 S.Majewski S.Majewski et al. Echelle 20:59 23:36 DIS 23:39 00:01 J.Hughes J.Hughes SPIcam 01:12 06:16 INST SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B D B ---------------------------------------------------------------- GS01/R 19:47 20:57 0 0 0 0 0.0 1.2 0 0 UV01/R 20:57 01:10 0 0 0 0 1.2 3.0 0 0 NA01/R 01:10 06:16 0 0 0 0 5.1 0.0 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: A.Bradley Steve Majewski's observations were done remotely, with his class watching. all went well. First half was beautiful and clear, with some thin clouds rolling in around midnight. The rest of the night was partly cloudy. Seeing was great all night. ------- 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 19:02 dcamera 341( 479) 124 68 7.9 9.5 9.7 8.8 7.8 -- 1.34 20:05 ecamera 356( -610) 86 60 7.9 8.3 8.7 7.9 7.6 Clear 1.02 22:45 dcamera 302( 319) 194 78 8.1 7.2 7.8 7.2 7.3 -- 1.08 00:25 SPIcam 400( 552) 342 71 7.0 6.9 7.5 7.0 6.8 Wash W 0.70 ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp C Dewp C MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:00 57 11 16 239 (WSW) 815 clear none 17:00 53 8 18 261 (W) 906 clear none 18:00 50 7 19 268 (W) 936 clear none 19:00 50 11 17 246 (WSW) 982 clear none 20:00 47 10 18 250 (WSW) 1018 clear none 21:00 46 9 10 264 (W) 1110 clear none 22:00 46 9 9 257 (WSW) 1129 clear none 23:00 45 9 10 260 (W) 1082 clear none 00:00 46 9 13 251 (WSW) 1077 mstly clr none 01:00 45 9 10 262 (W) 1128 ptly cldy none 02:00 44 10 11 266 (W) 1053 mstly clr none 03:00 44 12 10 275 (W) 1080 ptly cldy none 04:00 43 14 9 265 (W) 1163 ptly cldy none 05:00 42 17 8 307 (NW) 1239 ptly 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: 1.1.0 Current TUI version: 2.3.3