Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20150902 From: alaina@apo.nmsu.edu Date: Thu, 3 Sep 2015 11:38:24 +0000 (UTC) Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Wednesday, September 02, 2015 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- N.Chanover B.Holler SPIcam --:-- --:-- M.Hammergren M.Brucker,K.Nault SPICam --:-- --:-- D.York D.York ECHELLE --:-- --:-- INST SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B D B ---------------------------------------------------------------- NM03/R 19:35 00:10 2.8 1.8 0 0 0.0 0.0 0 0 AD02/R 00:10 02:10 0 2.0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0 0 UC01/R 02:10 06:31 0 4.3 0 0 0.0 0.0 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: A.Bradley We started the night hopeful that the clouds would clear, but they quickly turned to rain. We never opened, and called it quits at 5:00. Took tspec darks all night, all is well. ------- 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp C Dewp C MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:00 70 38 2 241 (WSW) 316 mstly clr none 17:00 70 37 5 245 (WSW) 346 ptly cldy none 18:00 68 39 5 192 (SSW) 292 ptly cldy none 19:00 64 39 12 179 (S) 390 ptly cldy none 20:00 63 39 11 155 (SSE) 442 mstly cldy none 21:00 62 39 4 346 (NNW) 585 mstly cldy lt rain 22:00 59 41 11 153 (SSE) 417 cloudy rain 23:00 54 46 14 6 (N) 665 mstly cldy none 00:00 56 43 14 55 (NE) 622 ptly cldy none 01:00 59 41 1 120 (ESE) 506 cloudy none 02:00 58 41 9 6 (N) 325 cloudy none 03:00 57 41 9 30 (NNE) 269 cloudy none 04:00 57 41 6 11 (N) 203 cloudy none 05:00 58 40 9 266 (W) 362 cloudy 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