Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20150923 From: cgray@apo.nmsu.edu Date: Thu, 24 Sep 2015 11:45:42 +0000 (UTC) Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Wednesday, September 23, 2015 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- J.Roberts J.Roberts NICFPS 19:23 23:56 D.Gang H.Yan, J.Shi, J.Zhang Echelle --:-- --:-- INST SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B D B ---------------------------------------------------------------- CU04/R 19:07 01:10 0 1.2 0 0 0 4.8 0 0 NC01/R 01:10 06:44 3.8 1.8 0 0 0 0 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: C.Gray, A.Bradley Opened at sunset and sky was good. We closed at midnight due to surrounding storms. Rest of the night was a loss. 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 18:59 NICFPS 463( 1280) 28 52 13.4 15.7 15.4 15.2 14.8 z 0.87 ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp C Dewp C MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:00 62 49 10 286 (WNW) 94 clear none 17:00 59 46 8 276 (W) 86 clear none 18:00 61 46 12 286 (WNW) 76 clear none 19:00 57 45 5 293 (WNW) 94 clear none 20:00 56 46 9 290 (WNW) 86 clear none 21:00 56 44 5 267 (W) 66 ptly cldy none 22:00 57 44 5 246 (WSW) 77 ptly cldy none 23:00 57 46 6 213 (SSW) 83 mstly cldy none 00:00 55 47 6 214 (SW) 85 mstly cldy none 01:00 55 47 7 252 (WSW) 97 ptly cldy none 02:00 53 48 5 262 (W) 126 ptly cldy none 03:00 54 49 2 265 (W) 173 clear humid 04:00 54 50 2 265 (W) 232 clear humid 05:00 53 50 8 355 (N) 271 clear humid 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: 1.2.0 Current TUI version: 2.4.0