Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20160109 From: mcmillan@apo.nmsu.edu Date: Sun, 10 Jan 2016 11:27:42 +0000 (UTC) Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Saturday, January 09, 2016 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- C.Vaargas C.Vargas ARCTIC --:-- --:-- INST SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B D B ---------------------------------------------------------------- NM04/R 17:23 06:58 13.6 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: R.McMillan Thick clouds in the afternoon prevented melting of the ice on the roof (after the bulk of the snow had been removed by human intervention). The clouds cleared by sunset, but humidity remained well above the limit all night. ------- 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:00 19 17 1 302 (WNW) 42 cloudy none 17:00 17 14 6 342 (NNW) 44 ptly cldy none 18:00 16 14 8 345 (NNW) 45 clear none 19:00 16 13 11 333 (NNW) 34 clear none 20:00 16 14 10 318 (NW) 36 clear none 21:00 16 14 9 305 (NW) 43 clear none 22:00 16 14 8 297 (WNW) 40 clear none 23:00 16 14 6 283 (WNW) 38 clear none 00:00 16 15 8 307 (NW) 77 clear none 01:00 16 14 7 4 (N) 66 clear none 02:00 17 16 6 13 (NNE) 54 clear none 03:00 17 15 10 37 (NE) 48 clear none 04:00 16 14 3 341 (NNW) 64 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: 1.2.2 Current TUI version: 2.5.0