Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20160117 From: cgray@apo.nmsu.edu Date: Mon, 18 Jan 2016 13:54:27 +0000 (UTC) Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Sunday, January 17, 2016 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- D.Bizyaev D.Bizyaev NICFPS 18:23 23:04 M.Hammergren K.Nault,M.Bruckner SPICAM 23:28 01:04 K.Pan H.Yan ECHELLE 01:10 06:31 INST SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B D B ---------------------------------------------------------------- NM06/R 17:30 23:10 0 1.1 0 0 0.0 4.6 0 0 AD02/R 23:10 01:10 0 0 0 0 0.0 2.0 0 0 NM07/R 01:10 06:56 0 0 0 0 5.1 0.6 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: C.Gray Tspec good, took 1500 darks The night started out clear and windy. We did not open until 18:23 due to high winds and blowing snow. No problems tonight. ------- 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 18:44 NICFPS 519( 524) -74 25 -1.9 -0.5 -0.3 -0.7 -1.4 H 1.60 22:15 NICFPS 566( 431) 24 50 -2.6 -2.8 -2.2 -2.7 -2.8 H 0.86 23:43 SPIcam 590( 76) 18 59 -3.2 -3.2 -2.6 -3.1 -3.2 sdss-r 0.94 01:14 ecamera 607(-1107) 289 69 -3.4 -3.2 -2.6 -3.0 -3.2 ND1 0.92 ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:00 31 14 10 330 (NNW) 181 clear none 17:00 31 11 27 327 (NNW) 355 clear none 18:00 30 10 11 18 (NNE) 220 clear none 19:00 29 11 17 25 (NNE) 171 clear none 20:00 28 11 11 354 (N) 135 clear none 21:00 27 11 16 14 (NNE) 101 clear none 22:00 28 12 15 13 (NNE) 96 clear none 23:00 27 13 20 4 (N) 82 clear none 00:00 26 14 14 3 (N) 83 clear none 01:00 27 11 25 12 (NNE) 98 clear none 02:00 27 10 22 7 (N) 73 clear none 03:00 27 8 18 10 (N) 96 clear none 04:00 26 11 12 5 (N) 102 clear none 05:00 27 9 15 14 (NNE) 85 clear none 06:00 30 2 18 17 (NNE) 151 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