Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20150825 From: alaina@apo.nmsu.edu Date: Wed, 26 Aug 2015 12:31:33 +0000 (UTC) Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Tuesday, August 25, 2015 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- M.Brogi M.Brogi ECHELLE --:-- --:-- M.Hammergren M.Brucker,K.Nault SPICam 01:30 03:09 R.Wyse G.Ruchti ECHELLE 03:12 05:55 INST SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B D B ---------------------------------------------------------------- CU03/R 19:45 01:10 0 5.4 0 0 0.0 0.0 0 0 AD02/R 01:10 03:10 0 0.3 0 0 0.0 1.7 0 0 JH01/R 03:10 06:25 0 0 0 0 3.2 0.0 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: A.Bradley The night started with threat of rain, clouds and humidity. Clouds cleared during second half, and conditions stayed good for most of it. The clouds did make things a little problematic towards morning, but overall productive. Test darks taken for tspec all night, no problems. ------- 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 00:44 SPIcam 289( 670) 189 60 13.5 14.2 14.6 14.4 13.9 SDSS r 0.70 02:16 ecamera 367( -479) -35 55 13.9 13.6 14.1 13.8 13.6 ND3 1.07 ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp C Dewp C MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:00 60 49 12 128 (SE) 424 ptly cldy none 17:00 63 49 11 111 (ESE) 531 ptly cldy none 18:00 61 49 12 130 (SE) 542 ptly cldy none 19:00 58 51 11 110 (ESE) 560 ptly cldy none 20:00 60 46 11 131 (SE) 535 ptly cldy none 21:00 59 45 11 119 (ESE) 460 mstly cldy none 22:00 59 44 14 111 (ESE) 441 ptly cldy none 23:00 59 43 15 116 (ESE) 525 mstly cldy none 00:00 58 44 16 109 (ESE) 572 ptly cldy none 01:00 57 45 17 120 (ESE) 685 mstly clr none 02:00 56 46 14 110 (ESE) 661 clear none 03:00 57 45 15 120 (ESE) 665 clear none 04:00 57 45 12 124 (SE) 602 clear none 05:00 57 44 15 136 (SE) 591 mstly clr none 06:00 58 44 16 138 (SE) 545 mstly clr 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