Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20160102 From: cgray@apo.nmsu.edu Date: Sun, 3 Jan 2016 14:10:58 +0000 (UTC) Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Saturday, January 02, 2016 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- A.Larson J.Huehnerhoff SPICam 17:20 00:00 M.Hammergren K.Nault, M.Brucker SPICam 00:09 02:08 K.Kinemuchi K.Kinemuchi SPICam 02:18 05:58 T.Murphy R.McMillan, T.Murphy APOLLO 06:00 06:58 INST SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B D B ---------------------------------------------------------------- UW03/R 17:17 00:10 0 0 0 0 6.9 0.0 0 0 AD02/R 00:10 02:10 0 0 0 0 0.9 1.1 0 0 NM08/R 02:10 05:57 0 0 0 0 0.0 3.8 0 0 AP01/R 05:57 06:57 0 0 0 0 0.0 1.0 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 with low humidity and wind. We were able to observe all night. A.Larson is an untrained observer who assisted in observations for UW03. 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 19:26 SPIcam 459( 235) 58 40 1.5 2.2 2.5 2.1 1.3 SDSS-r 1.40 23:59 SPIcam 509( 247) -44 48 3.0 1.6 2.2 1.3 1.8 SDSS-g 1.50 00:08 SPIcam 560( 294) -47 47 2.7 1.4 2.2 1.4 1.8 SDSS-r 0.90 02:27 SPIcam 506( 251) 153 30 2.8 1.4 1.9 1.1 1.2 MSSSO-R 1.20 03:53 SPIcam 522( 234) 47 46 1.6 1.0 1.6 0.8 0.9 MSSSO-V 1.30 06:07 APOLLO 422( 920) 45 36 2.0 1.4 2.1 1.5 1.8 530 2.00 ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp C Dewp C MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:00 37 0 1 280 (W) 107 clear none 17:00 36 -2 6 2 (N) 103 clear none 18:00 36 -5 8 357 (N) 108 clear none 19:00 36 -10 8 4 (N) 82 clear none 20:00 35 -11 5 10 (N) 63 clear none 21:00 36 -11 9 7 (N) 75 clear none 22:00 35 -13 4 358 (N) 13 clear none 23:00 36 -12 6 1 (N) 7 clear none 00:00 38 -10 2 248 (WSW) 12 clear none 01:00 38 -11 2 246 (WSW) 10 clear none 02:00 37 -11 3 269 (W) 11 clear none 03:00 36 -12 6 323 (NW) 14 clear none 04:00 35 -13 7 348 (NNW) 13 clear none 05:00 36 -12 9 336 (NNW) 8 clear none 06:00 37 -10 10 350 (N) 41 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