Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20150812 From: alaina@apo.nmsu.edu Date: Thu, 13 Aug 2015 11:43:44 +0000 (UTC) Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Wednesday, August 12, 2015 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- B.Nevin B.Nevin DIS 20:10 01:04 M.Hammergren K.Nault SPICam 01:16 03:01 C.Sakari C.Sakari DIS 03:10 05:30 INST SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B D B ---------------------------------------------------------------- CU07/R 20:00 01:10 0.2 0 0 0 5.0 0.0 0 0 AD02/R 01:10 03:10 0 0 0 0 2.0 0.0 0 0 UW04/R 03:10 06:17 0 0 0 0 2.3 0.8 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: A.Bradley Had some threatening clouds to start the night, but once they cleared the sky was beautiful. Decent seeing, and no problems to report. ------- 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 21:19 dcamera 207( 694) 258 55 17.8 19.1 19.2 19.3 18.3 -- 1.45 00:25 SPIcam 310( 804) -169 41 15.9 16.0 16.5 15.9 15.8 SDSS r 1.20 02:14 dcamera 360( 631) 161 74 15.0 15.1 15.6 15.1 15.1 -- 1.00 ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp C Dewp C MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:00 69 37 2 182 (S) 634 ptly cldy none 17:00 71 36 15 203 (SSW) 588 ptly cldy none 18:00 68 40 7 222 (SW) 701 mstly clr none 19:00 66 37 10 127 (SE) 746 mstly clr none 20:00 65 38 10 142 (SE) 793 cloudy none 21:00 65 38 10 162 (SSE) 841 cloudy none 22:00 64 39 12 134 (SE) 950 mstly clr none 23:00 62 40 15 113 (ESE) 1225 clear none 00:00 62 41 14 112 (ESE) 1424 clear none 01:00 61 42 11 111 (ESE) 1485 clear none 02:00 60 44 14 123 (ESE) 1589 clear none 03:00 59 46 8 115 (ESE) 1691 clear none 04:00 59 47 14 133 (SE) 1665 clear none 05:00 59 47 12 155 (SSE) 1545 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: 2.4.0