Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20150917 From: alaina@apo.nmsu.edu Date: Fri, 18 Sep 2015 12:24:55 +0000 (UTC) Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Thursday, September 17, 2015 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- T.Murphy R.McMillan APOLLO 18:00 20:12 D.York D.York ECHELLE 20:15 22:30 C.Pilachowski C.Pilachowski DIS 03:00 06:15 INST SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B D B ---------------------------------------------------------------- AP01/O 19:15 20:15 0 0 0 0 0.0 1.0 0 0 UC01/R 20:15 01:10 2.7 0 0 0 0.6 1.6 0 0 DD02/R 01:10 06:40 1.8 0 0 0 3.7 0.0 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: A.Bradley Except for some heavy clouds and radar returns around midnight, things were 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 18:12 APOLLO 550( 1914) 55 54 16.9 18.7 18.1 18.2 17.8 530 1.40 19:27 ecamera 552( -125) -2 58 16.7 17.0 17.3 16.8 16.6 Clear 0.70 02:09 dcamera 316( 531) 180 59 14.0 13.9 14.2 14.1 13.7 -- 1.00 ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp C Dewp C MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:00 67 47 8 254 (WSW) 264 ptly cldy none 17:00 67 48 14 249 (WSW) 340 mstly clr none 18:00 69 47 11 265 (W) 306 clear none 19:00 64 45 11 262 (W) 261 clear none 20:00 62 44 12 253 (WSW) 231 clear none 21:00 62 43 15 260 (W) 281 ptly cldy none 22:00 62 43 13 263 (W) 251 mstly cldy none 23:00 56 48 11 229 (SW) 2206 cloudy none 00:00 58 47 10 259 (W) 1035 cloudy none 01:00 59 47 9 271 (W) 916 cloudy none 02:00 57 55 6 335 (NNW) 841 mstly cldy none 03:00 57 47 11 322 (NW) 647 ptly cldy none 04:00 57 47 9 304 (NW) 655 mstly clr none 05:00 56 48 8 280 (W) 698 clear none 06:00 56 47 10 329 (NNW) 553 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