Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20161020 From: dembicky@apo.nmsu.edu Date: Fri, 21 Oct 2016 13:24:22 +0000 (UTC) Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Thursday, October 20, 2016 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- D.Gies D.Gies ECHELLE 18:32 01:04 J.Tobin J.Tobin NICFPS 01:08 07:30 INST SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B D B ---------------------------------------------------------------- GS03/R 18:32 01:10 0 0 0 0 4.2 2.5 0 0 OU02/R 01:10 07:04 0 0 0 0 0.0 5.9 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: J.Dembicky gcam failed at checkout. restarted Nubs. I found the ARCTIC shutter showing an error when I went up into the dome (after I took my chekcout images). I reset it. 01:40 ecam hung. Power cycled to fix. No other 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 17:48 ecamera 880( -174) -13 35 6.0 9.3 8.6 9.6 8.7 ND1 1.45 00:12 NICFPS 671( 972) 135 54 5.6 5.8 6.4 5.6 5.6 Ks 1.40 ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:00 48 30 2 293 (WNW) 2651 clear none 17:00 48 31 3 296 (WNW) 2629 clear none 18:00 46 30 4 342 (NNW) 2549 clear none 19:00 43 29 9 59 (ENE) 1917 clear none 20:00 41 28 11 72 (ENE) 2334 clear none 21:00 47 25 1 196 (SSW) 1721 clear none 22:00 46 28 1 252 (WSW) 2022 clear none 23:00 44 28 4 4 (N) 2227 clear none 00:00 46 26 2 348 (NNW) 1788 clear none 01:00 43 28 2 326 (NW) 2247 clear none 02:00 42 28 0 277 (W) 2407 clear none 03:00 42 28 1 205 (SSW) 1875 clear none 04:00 42 27 1 207 (SSW) 2237 clear none 05:00 45 25 7 205 (SSW) 2114 clear none 06:00 44 27 3 198 (SSW) 2237 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: 2.5.1