Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20150523 From: mcmillan@apo.nmsu.edu Date: Sun, 24 May 2015 11:38:30 +0000 (UTC) Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Saturday, May 23, 2015 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- M.Bentz M.Bentz DIS 20:20 21:20 J.Wang P.Du DIS 21:20 01:04 M.Hammergren M.Hammergren SPICam 01:14 03:08 A.Ritchey A.Ritchey ECHELLE 03:10 05:10 INST SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B D B ---------------------------------------------------------------- GS01/R 20:09 21:19 0 0 0 0 0.0 1.2 0 0 IH01/R 21:19 01:10 0 0 0 0 0.4 3.4 0 0 AD02/R 01:10 03:10 0 0 0 0 2.0 0.0 0 0 UW10/R 03:10 05:50 0 0 0 0 2.7 0.0 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: R.McMillan Lovely clear night with good to moderate seeing. No difficulties. ------- 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 20:31 dcamera 388( 541) 222 75 8.0 9.8 9.7 9.6 8.3 - 1.21 21:24 dcamera 350( 420) -124 67 7.7 8.2 8.6 8.0 7.5 - 1.22 01:24 SPIcam 387( 517) -131 39 5.8 5.8 6.4 5.9 5.8 r 0.97 03:19 ecamera 359( -777) 67 55 4.8 5.0 5.5 4.9 4.8 ND3 1.01 ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp C Dewp C MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:00 55 15 24 237 (WSW) 1182 clear none 17:00 52 11 26 266 (W) 767 clear none 18:00 51 10 22 256 (WSW) 822 clear none 19:00 51 11 18 247 (WSW) 870 clear none 20:00 47 12 11 262 (W) 1118 clear none 21:00 46 9 16 265 (W) 1051 clear none 22:00 45 13 19 266 (W) 1267 clear none 23:00 44 13 15 263 (W) 1260 clear none 00:00 44 13 15 266 (W) 1323 clear none 01:00 43 13 14 278 (W) 1227 clear none 02:00 42 15 15 287 (WNW) 1209 clear none 03:00 42 16 15 275 (W) 1347 clear none 04:00 41 16 19 292 (WNW) 1385 clear none 05:00 40 17 15 272 (W) 1268 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: 1.1.0 Current TUI version: 2.3.3