Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20150524 From: mcmillan@apo.nmsu.edu Date: Mon, 25 May 2015 11:23:46 +0000 (UTC) Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Sunday, May 24, 2015 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- M.Bentz M.Bentz DIS 20:30 21:20 J.Wang P.Du DIS 21:20 23:25 W.Zheng W.Zheng DIS 03:25 05:05 INST SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B D B ---------------------------------------------------------------- GS01/R 20:10 21:20 0 0 0 0 0.0 1.2 0 0 IH01/R 21:20 01:10 0 1.7 0 0 0.0 2.1 0 0 JH03/R 01:10 05:50 2.1 0.3 0 0 2.4 0.0 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: R.McMillan Partly cloudy first half, clearing second half. We closed for a while due to nearby radar returns, and frustratingly there was still precipitation quite close to us for a while after the sky cleared, but finally we were able to reopen. Everything worked well. ------- 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 20:42 dcamera 376( 512) 228 74 8.7 9.6 9.2 9.6 8.5 - 1.18 21:33 dcamera 362( 463) -122 65 8.7 8.8 8.9 8.8 8.4 - 1.27 ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp C Dewp C MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:00 51 20 20 270 (W) 1049 mstly clr none 17:00 52 18 16 229 (SW) 1052 ptly cldy none 18:00 54 18 24 250 (WSW) 1088 ptly cldy none 19:00 49 17 17 267 (W) 1054 ptly cldy none 20:00 48 17 16 258 (WSW) 1017 ptly cldy none 21:00 47 17 9 263 (W) 1082 ptly cldy none 22:00 47 16 11 263 (W) 872 ptly cldy none 23:00 47 17 11 263 (W) 960 ptly cldy none 00:00 46 17 12 266 (W) 1011 ptly cldy none 01:00 44 19 11 289 (WNW) 1060 ptly cldy none 02:00 43 27 11 312 (NW) 966 mstly clr none 03:00 41 28 5 349 (N) 912 clear none 04:00 41 25 5 340 (NNW) 909 clear none 05:00 40 27 3 344 (NNW) 834 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