Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20150805 From: alaina@apo.nmsu.edu Date: Thu, 6 Aug 2015 12:04:01 +0000 (UTC) Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Wednesday, August 05, 2015 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- S.Liss S.Liss DIS 21:00 01:05 J.Wisniewski J.Lomax Echelle 01:08 02:12 03:00 05:50 INST SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B D B ---------------------------------------------------------------- UV02/R 20:07 01:10 1.0 0 0 0 2.6 1.5 0 0 OU01/R 01:10 06:12 0 0.7 0 0 0.0 4.3 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: A.Bradley We started the night with some rain clouds and nearby radar returns. They cleared by the end of twilight. Clouds came back during second half, and we closed for a short time. No streaks in dcam exposures of 1 second on bright stars. Tspec producing images that are half corrupted, half normal. Required an arrayPower state=on today. ------- 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 dcamera 237( 805) 283 52 20.0 20.7 21.2 20.5 19.9 -- 1.17 00:13 ecamera 316( -286) -31 69 19.1 18.7 19.2 18.6 18.5 ND2 0.73 ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp C Dewp C MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:00 72 43 6 109 (ESE) 316 cloudy rain 17:00 66 46 7 84 (E) 346 cloudy lt rain 18:00 67 41 13 39 (NE) 309 mstly cldy none 19:00 68 37 5 87 (E) 235 ptly cldy none 20:00 68 38 1 73 (ENE) 276 mstly clr none 21:00 68 37 2 125 (SE) 296 clear none 22:00 69 37 3 163 (SSE) 334 clear none 23:00 67 37 1 189 (S) 319 clear none 00:00 67 39 2 168 (SSE) 295 mstly clr none 01:00 66 40 8 166 (SSE) 309 clear none 02:00 67 39 7 190 (S) 403 mstly cldy none 03:00 65 40 7 184 (S) 375 clear none 04:00 64 40 8 182 (S) 570 clear none 05:00 63 41 8 183 (S) 448 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