Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20150516 From: dembicky@apo.nmsu.edu Date: Sun, 17 May 2015 11:53:51 +0000 (UTC) Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Saturday, May 16, 2015 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- M.Bentz M.Bentz DIS 20:05 21:15 B.Keeney B.Keeney, J.Stocke DIS 21:15 01:10 M.Crenshaw M.Crenshaw, GSU class DIS 01:10 06:30 INST SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B D B ---------------------------------------------------------------- GS01/R 20:05 21:15 0 0 0 0 1.2 0.0 0 0 CU03/R 21:15 01:10 0 0 0 0 3.9 0.0 0 0 GS02/O 01:10 05:54 0 0 0 0 4.6 0.1 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: J.Dembicky GS02 students: M.Revalski, C.Machuca, T.Fischer, C.Pope Clouds during the 2nd half of the night, but we observed through them. ------- 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 19:26 dcamera 299( 232) 200 79 5.0 5.6 6.0 5.3 4.6 -- 1.60 20:20 dcamera 299( 194) 23 55 4.3 4.6 5.1 4.5 4.1 -- 2.20 23:02 dcamera 299( 135) -132 66 3.7 3.6 4.2 3.7 3.6 -- 1.40 00:17 dcamera 356( 196) -11 63 3.9 3.6 4.1 3.9 3.7 -- 1.70 ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp C Dewp C MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:00 43 22 22 243 (WSW) 654 ptly cldy none 17:00 47 22 28 250 (WSW) 940 ptly cldy none 18:00 45 20 27 295 (WNW) 1312 clear none 19:00 43 18 17 283 (WNW) 1370 clear none 20:00 40 15 18 256 (WSW) 650 clear none 21:00 39 15 21 279 (W) 409 clear none 22:00 40 13 22 269 (W) 355 clear none 23:00 40 13 18 276 (W) 358 clear none 00:00 39 17 27 285 (WNW) 408 clear none 01:00 39 9 25 291 (WNW) 758 mstly clr none 02:00 38 15 19 308 (NW) 605 mstly cldy none 03:00 39 6 20 294 (WNW) 905 mstly cldy none 04:00 38 5 21 296 (WNW) 924 mstly cldy none 05:00 39 5 21 297 (WNW) 799 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: 2.3.3