Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20160124 From: mcmillan@apo.nmsu.edu Date: Mon, 25 Jan 2016 14:00:34 +0000 (UTC) Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Sunday, January 24, 2016 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- R.Wyse G.Ruchti ECHELLE 21:55 00:08 S.vanVelzen S.vanVelzen NICFPS 00:12 06:25 INST SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B D B ---------------------------------------------------------------- JH01/R 17:37 00:10 0.7 3.6 0 0 0.0 2.2 0 0 JH02/R 00:10 06:54 0 0 0 0 0.0 6.7 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: R.McMillan High winds and dust kept us closed for the first several hours of the night. When we did open, it was partly cloudy at first but then improved to photometric with a couple of thin waves of clouds. Everything worked perfectly. ------- 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 22:05 ecamera 300(-1245) 45 41 -2.2 -0.2 1.6 -0.2 -1.0 ND2 2.60 00:22 NICFPS 475( 355) 92 31 -3.3 -2.8 -2.1 -3.1 -3.5 Ks 1.51 ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:00 36 4 35 255 (WSW) 987 ptly cldy none 17:00 36 3 27 277 (W) 7485 ptly cldy none 18:00 33 2 27 269 (W) 3090 ptly cldy none 19:00 33 0 24 265 (W) 640 ptly cldy none 20:00 30 4 18 281 (W) 21778 ptly cldy none 21:00 29 6 12 264 (W) 8320 ptly cldy none 22:00 28 5 22 299 (WNW) 1814 mstly clr none 23:00 27 6 11 265 (W) 1103 clear none 00:00 26 9 13 300 (WNW) 874 clear none 01:00 25 12 19 355 (N) 365 clear none 02:00 25 12 15 3 (N) 197 clear none 03:00 24 11 16 7 (N) 133 mstly clr none 04:00 24 8 13 5 (N) 106 clear none 05:00 23 9 11 3 (N) 108 mstly clr none 06:00 23 5 12 348 (NNW) 81 mstly clr 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: 1.2.2 Current TUI version: 2.5.0