Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20150517 From: dembicky@apo.nmsu.edu Date: Mon, 18 May 2015 11:36:32 +0000 (UTC) Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Sunday, May 17, 2015 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- M.Bentz M.Bentz DIS 20:05 21:15 A.Ritchey A.Ritchey ECHELLE 21:15 00:00 M.Hammergren K.Nault. M.Brucker SPICam 00:00 02:05 M.Crenshaw M.Crenshaw, GSU class DIS 02:15 06:00 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 UW10/R 21:15 00:10 0 0 0 0 2.9 0.0 0 0 AD02/R 00:10 02:10 0 0 0 0 1.0 0.0 0 0 GS02/O 02:10 05:54 0 0 0 0 3.7 0.0 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: J.Dembicky GS02 students: Mitchell Revalski, C Machuca, Travis Fischer, Crystal Pope Clear all night except for a couple hours during the middle of the night when a small band of clouds decided to move over us. ------- 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 19:21 dcamera 383( 545) 199 79 8.5 10.0 9.5 10.1 8.3 -- 1.20 20:26 ecamera 367( -597) 45 79 8.3 8.6 8.6 8.3 8.0 ND1 0.80 23:27 SPIcam 389( 672) 274 57 9.6 9.3 9.6 9.5 9.4 sdss r 1.10 01:27 dcamera 317( 406) -96 74 9.0 8.7 9.1 8.6 8.7 -- 1.10 ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp C Dewp C MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:00 51 22 16 264 (W) 865 clear none 17:00 51 20 13 275 (W) 879 clear none 18:00 54 20 15 253 (WSW) 923 clear none 19:00 50 18 10 266 (W) 1040 clear none 20:00 47 21 11 264 (W) 955 clear none 21:00 47 20 12 215 (SW) 914 clear none 22:00 48 20 12 228 (SW) 1045 ptly cldy none 23:00 50 20 13 266 (W) 931 mstly cldy none 00:00 49 20 10 288 (WNW) 913 mstly cldy none 01:00 49 20 8 250 (WSW) 899 ptly cldy none 02:00 48 20 4 200 (SSW) 1020 clear none 03:00 48 20 8 185 (S) 1089 clear none 04:00 47 20 9 226 (SW) 1116 clear none 05:00 46 21 9 211 (SSW) 1058 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