Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20150525 From: mcmillan@apo.nmsu.edu Date: Tue, 26 May 2015 11:50:59 +0000 (UTC) Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Monday, May 25, 2015 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- T.Murphy R.McMillan APOLLO 20:10 21:07 M.Bentz M.Bentz DIS 21:10 22:20 J.Wang P.Du DIS 22:20 01:05 K.Weisenburger S.Hawley DIS 01:15 05:30 INST SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B D B ---------------------------------------------------------------- AP01/R 20:11 21:11 0 0 0 0 0.0 1.0 0 0 GS01/R 21:11 22:21 0 0 0 0 0.0 1.2 0 0 IH01/R 22:21 01:10 0 0 0 0 0.0 2.8 0 0 UW07/R 01:10 05:49 0 0 0 0 3.9 0.7 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: R.McMillan Despite threat of rain before sunset, we were able to open on time and stay open all night. It was mostly clear, with moderate to poor seeing. ------- 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 20:08 APOLLO 450( 1615) 23 70 10.2 12.0 11.2 12.2 10.6 530 1.60 21:16 dcamera 405( 559) -124 67 9.3 9.9 10.2 9.8 9.2 - 1.12 01:28 dcamera 358( 381) 111 49 7.7 7.0 7.4 7.1 7.2 - 1.27 ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp C Dewp C MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:00 56 25 8 251 (WSW) 638 mstly clr none 17:00 56 24 9 217 (SW) 716 mstly clr none 18:00 54 22 12 269 (W) 663 mstly clr none 19:00 51 21 24 268 (W) 1114 ptly cldy none 20:00 51 21 25 259 (W) 932 ptly cldy none 21:00 49 25 14 265 (W) 1082 mstly clr none 22:00 46 29 12 346 (NNW) 649 mstly clr none 23:00 46 30 1 279 (W) 415 clear none 00:00 45 31 11 17 (NNE) 469 clear none 01:00 45 31 10 20 (NNE) 453 clear none 02:00 45 30 10 306 (NW) 501 clear none 03:00 44 31 23 331 (NNW) 368 clear none 04:00 44 31 14 350 (N) 303 clear none 05:00 44 30 13 292 (WNW) 362 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