Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20150530 From: dembicky@apo.nmsu.edu Date: Sun, 31 May 2015 12:09:46 +0000 (UTC) Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Saturday, May 30, 2015 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- M.Bentz M.Batiste DIS --:-- --:-- E.Glikman E.Glikman TSPEC 22:00 00:00 M.Hammergren K.Nault, M.Brucker SPICam 00:10 02:05 K.Kinemuchi J.McKeever, K.Kinemuchi Echelle 02:09 06:20 INST SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B D B ---------------------------------------------------------------- GS01/R 20:14 21:24 0 1.2 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 NA02/R 21:24 00:10 0 0 0 0 0.0 2.8 0 0 AD02/R 00:10 02:10 0 0 0 0 0.0 2.0 0 0 NM05/O 02:10 05:48 0 0 0 0 1.1 2.5 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: J.Dembicky Thunderstorms & light rain prevented us from opening at the start of the night. ecam crashed at the end of the night. I had to restart both ecamera and ecam to get it back. ------- 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 21:07 tcamera 337( 842) -92 76 9.3 12.9 14.2 12.6 10.4 Ks 1.20 23:15 SPIcam 283( 638) -2 57 11.2 10.7 11.5 10.3 10.8 sdss r 0.92 01:14 ecamera 359( -499) 133 66 11.2 10.6 11.2 10.4 10.5 ND1 0.74 ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp C Dewp C MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:00 58 40 9 253 (WSW) 803 mstly cldy none 17:00 64 45 13 199 (SSW) 784 mstly cldy none 18:00 59 42 2 119 (ESE) 751 mstly cldy none 19:00 52 39 12 76 (ENE) 570 mstly cldy none 20:00 52 39 14 85 (E) 598 mstly cldy lt rain 21:00 49 40 14 74 (ENE) 603 ptly cldy none 22:00 50 38 15 61 (ENE) 692 mstly clr none 23:00 51 38 1 210 (SSW) 779 mstly clr none 00:00 53 38 2 272 (W) 833 clear none 01:00 54 38 0 239 (WSW) 844 clear none 02:00 52 39 1 202 (SSW) 861 mstly clr none 03:00 52 39 3 114 (ESE) 874 clear none 04:00 51 33 5 110 (ESE) 723 clear none 05:00 51 27 8 144 (SE) 672 clear none 06:00 51 22 9 180 (S) 539 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