Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20150830 From: dembicky@apo.nmsu.edu Date: Mon, 31 Aug 2015 11:54:04 +0000 (UTC) Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Sunday, August 30, 2015 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- N.Chanover B.Holler SPIcam 19:39 01:00 T.Murphy R.McMillan APOLLO 01:00 02:05 D.York D.York ECHELLE 02:09 05:33 INST SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B D B ---------------------------------------------------------------- NM03/R 19:39 01:10 0 0 0 0 0.6 5.0 0 0 AP01/R 01:10 02:10 0 0 0 0 0.0 1.0 0 0 UC01/R 02:10 06:29 0 0 0 0 0.0 4.3 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: J.Dembicky APOLLO pointing is better after collimation change from engineering the other night. ------- 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 20:02 SPIcam 537( 1055) 62 67 15.7 17.0 16.9 16.8 16.3 sdss r 0.85 20:05 NA2gdr -326(29673) 61 68 15.7 16.9 16.9 16.7 16.2 R 0.90 01:04 APOLLO 275( 1372) 57 62 14.1 13.6 14.1 13.6 14.0 -- 1.20 02:14 ecamera 485( -342) -141 54 14.9 13.9 14.6 14.0 14.1 ND2 0.72 03:13 ecamera 452( -401) 148 58 14.5 13.5 14.1 13.5 13.2 ND1 1.00 04:30 ecamera 415( -468) 136 64 14.2 13.0 13.5 12.8 12.8 ND1 1.10 ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp C Dewp C MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:00 60 49 1 243 (WSW) 385 mstly cldy none 17:00 63 53 2 259 (W) 419 mstly cldy none 18:00 63 48 6 182 (S) 434 ptly cldy none 19:00 61 44 5 98 (E) 424 ptly cldy none 20:00 60 43 2 142 (SE) 437 mstly clr none 21:00 59 40 1 174 (S) 453 clear none 22:00 59 39 12 139 (SE) 484 mstly clr none 23:00 57 36 11 149 (SSE) 541 ptly cldy none 00:00 57 38 9 141 (SE) 742 clear none 01:00 59 36 3 192 (SSW) 513 clear none 02:00 59 36 1 213 (SSW) 462 clear none 03:00 57 38 7 229 (SW) 518 clear none 04:00 55 38 5 262 (W) 544 clear none 05:00 58 37 7 283 (WNW) 491 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