Date: Fri, 7 Aug 2015 11:44:46 -0000 (UTC) Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20150806 From: "Alysha Shugart" Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Thursday, August 06, 2015 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- B.Nevin B.Nevin DIS 20:50 01:05 M.Hammergren K.Nault,M.Brucker SPICAM 01:20 03:10 K.Pan H.Yan ECHELLE 03:20 05:10 T.Murphy R.McMillan,T.Murphy APOLLO 05:13 06:10 INST SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B D B ---------------------------------------------------------------- CU07/R 20:06 01:10 0.7 0 0 0 3.6 0.8 0 0 AD02/R 01:10 03:10 0 0 0 0 0.0 2.0 0 0 NM07/R 03:10 05:12 0 0 0 0 0.0 2.0 0 0 AP01/O 05:12 06:12 0 0 0 0 0.0 1.0 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: A.Shugart Nearby radar returns delayed our opening at the beginning of the night, but they cleared and we opened to a clear, productive night with seeing 1" or less. 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 20:56 dcamera 225( 830) 265 77 19.8 21.7 21.8 21.8 20.9 -- 0.99 01:29 SPIcam 364( 945) -144 41 17.3 17.7 18.3 17.6 17.2 SDSSr 1.00 03:35 ecamera 393( -300) -56 67 16.4 16.8 17.3 16.8 16.6 ND1 0.76 05:32 APOLLO 175( 1477) 80 45 17.9 17.2 17.6 17.4 17.4 530nm 1.00 ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp C Dewp C MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:00 69 44 8 188 (S) 683 mstly cldy lt rain 17:00 68 42 3 141 (SE) 447 ptly cldy lt rain 18:00 69 45 3 138 (SE) 506 ptly cldy none 19:00 72 40 1 57 (ENE) 444 mstly clr none 20:00 69 42 2 127 (SE) 427 mstly clr none 21:00 67 43 2 117 (ESE) 521 mstly clr none 22:00 66 42 7 111 (ESE) 479 mstly clr none 23:00 65 41 11 119 (ESE) 407 mstly clr none 00:00 66 41 15 120 (ESE) 485 clear none 01:00 64 39 19 155 (SSE) 847 clear none 02:00 63 39 19 143 (SE) 1058 clear none 03:00 63 39 11 180 (S) 837 clear none 04:00 64 39 15 179 (S) 745 clear none 05:00 63 38 11 192 (SSW) 749 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