Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20150929 From: cgray@apo.nmsu.edu Date: Wed, 30 Sep 2015 13:10:55 +0000 (UTC) Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Tuesday, September 29, 2015 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- J.McKeever J.McKeever, P.Gaulme ECHELLE 18:55 23:01 M.Hammergren K.Nault, M.Brucker SPICam 23:06 01:05 D.Gang H.Yan, J.Zhang ECHELLE 01:13 06:33 INST SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B D B ---------------------------------------------------------------- NM01/R 18:59 23:10 0 0 0 0 1.2 3.0 0 0 AD02/R 23:10 01:10 0 0 0 0 0.0 2.0 0 0 NC01/R 01:10 06:48 0 0 0 0 0.0 5.6 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: C.Gray Clear skies, good seeing. Smooth observing night with no issues. ------- 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 19:03 ecamera 668( 41) 112 64 15.4 18.0 17.5 17.1 16.7 ND1 1.23 20:41 ecamera 456( -328) 193 79 13.2 15.0 15.5 14.8 14.0 ND1 1.19 23:21 SPIcam 446( 772) 159 41 13.1 12.6 13.2 12.4 12.6 SDSSr 1.12 01:18 ecamera 526( -360) 159 56 14.6 12.8 13.4 12.9 13.1 clear 1.10 ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp C Dewp C MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:00 64 43 2 143 (SE) 385 mstly clr none 17:00 63 42 10 158 (SSE) 415 mstly clr none 18:00 62 42 9 148 (SSE) 412 mstly clr none 19:00 60 41 17 127 (SE) 417 mstly clr none 20:00 58 40 21 128 (SE) 538 mstly clr none 21:00 55 43 17 116 (ESE) 676 clear none 22:00 54 42 13 122 (ESE) 670 clear none 23:00 55 41 13 124 (SE) 611 mstly clr none 00:00 56 41 15 128 (SE) 632 clear none 01:00 56 40 5 184 (S) 522 clear none 02:00 59 39 8 191 (S) 420 clear none 03:00 58 39 6 182 (S) 501 clear none 04:00 57 39 7 183 (S) 454 clear none 05:00 57 39 5 184 (S) 422 clear none 06:00 55 39 8 177 (S) 505 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