Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20150916 From: alaina@apo.nmsu.edu Date: Thu, 17 Sep 2015 12:49:09 +0000 (UTC) Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Wednesday, September 16, 2015 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- D.York D.York ECHELLE 19:20 22:55 M.Hammergren K.Nault,M.Brucker SPICam 01:36 03:03 K.Roberts J.Roberts NICFPS 03:12 06:40 INST SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B D B ---------------------------------------------------------------- UC01/R 19:17 01:10 2.2 0 0 0 1.7 1.9 0 0 AD02/R 01:10 03:10 0.4 0 0 0 1.6 0.0 0 0 CU04/R 03:10 06:40 0 0 0 0 3.5 0.0 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: A.Bradley We had some troublesome clouds and one large threatening storm that closed us. Otherwise the night was clear and productive, with good seeing. ------- 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 19:06 ecamera 560( -80) -22 66 16.4 17.8 17.8 17.4 17.0 Clear 1.00 21:07 ecamera 489( -238) 280 53 15.7 15.9 16.4 15.9 15.7 ND3 0.80 ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp C Dewp C MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:00 67 49 16 235 (SW) 350 mstly clr none 17:00 70 49 18 269 (W) 425 mstly clr none 18:00 67 49 15 239 (WSW) 248 mstly clr none 19:00 64 48 16 265 (W) 280 ptly cldy none 20:00 62 48 14 262 (W) 272 mstly clr none 21:00 61 48 10 253 (WSW) 325 mstly cldy none 22:00 61 49 7 264 (W) 297 mstly cldy none 23:00 60 49 9 267 (W) 291 mstly cldy none 00:00 57 50 13 217 (SW) 617 mstly cldy humid 01:00 57 50 10 294 (WNW) 561 mstly clr none 02:00 57 48 13 322 (NW) 294 clear none 03:00 56 47 7 279 (W) 372 clear none 04:00 57 45 10 326 (NW) 285 clear none 05:00 57 46 8 305 (NW) 317 clear none 06:00 57 46 8 269 (W) 263 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