Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20160113 From: alaina@apo.nmsu.edu Date: Thu, 14 Jan 2016 14:21:54 +0000 (UTC) Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Wednesday, January 13, 2016 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- T.Murphy R.McMillan APOLLO 16:00 18:26 D.York D.York ECHELLE 18:29 00:05 J.Roberts J.Roberts NICFPS 00:09 06:50 INST SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B D B ---------------------------------------------------------------- AP01/R 17:27 18:27 0 0 0 0 0.0 1.0 0 0 UC01/R 18:27 00:10 0 0 0 0 2.6 3.1 0 0 CU03/R 00:10 06:57 0 0 0 0 6.8 0.0 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: A.Bradley Night was clear with good seeing. We were very productive. Tspec was happy. In the afternoon, GIFS was not recording or logging temps properly. Jon fixed it, and it started writing fits headers properly again. ------- 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 17:15 APOLLO 500( 1151) 88 35 2.3 4.4 4.1 4.2 3.2 -- 1.40 18:36 ecamera 437(-1006) 46 72 1.6 2.2 2.4 1.8 1.4 Clear 1.20 21:46 ecamera 548( -939) -140 50 1.9 1.2 1.6 1.2 1.6 Clear 1.04 ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:00 38 -1 1 250 (WSW) 89 clear none 17:00 37 -7 7 14 (NNE) 51 clear none 18:00 32 -8 6 9 (N) 32 clear none 19:00 36 -14 6 22 (NNE) 41 clear none 20:00 33 -11 11 6 (N) 39 clear none 21:00 35 -12 11 352 (N) 19 clear none 22:00 36 -11 12 348 (NNW) 11 clear none 23:00 36 -11 10 337 (NNW) 18 clear none 00:00 33 -1 1 67 (ENE) 40 clear none 01:00 32 1 2 304 (NW) 57 clear none 02:00 32 2 9 346 (NNW) 44 clear none 03:00 33 -2 15 318 (NW) 20 clear none 04:00 32 -4 8 293 (WNW) 25 clear none 05:00 34 -9 16 10 (N) 41 clear none 06:00 33 -12 14 4 (N) 38 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: 2.5.0