Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20161026 From: cgray@apo.nmsu.edu Date: Thu, 27 Oct 2016 13:03:13 +0000 (UTC) Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Wednesday, October 26, 2016 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- T.Thuan Y.Izotov DIS 18:21 01:04 D.Bizyaev D.Bizyaev ARCTIC 01:17 06:48 INST SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B D B ---------------------------------------------------------------- UV05/R 18:26 01:10 0 0 0 0 6.7 0.0 0 0 NM08/O 01:10 07:09 0 0 0 0 3.3 2.7 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: C.Gray The night was beautiful and clear! Seeing left us wanting for the first half of the night. Tspec was being a redheaded step child again. I tried a power cycle and left it off for most of the night with negative results. ------- 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 18:33 dcamera 599( 785) 77 77 9.9 13.5 13.9 13.5 11.6 -- 2.04 19:34 dcamera 621( 687) 201 45 9.4 10.8 11.4 10.4 10.1 -- 1.80 00:22 arctic 732( 811) 19 56 8.5 8.4 9.0 8.3 8.4 Empty 1.00 ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:00 61 34 6 260 (W) 567 clear none 17:00 63 34 8 248 (WSW) 508 clear none 18:00 57 33 6 257 (WSW) 485 clear none 19:00 51 34 14 81 (E) 836 clear none 20:00 49 33 19 80 (E) 888 clear none 21:00 49 33 17 80 (E) 871 mstly clr none 22:00 49 31 15 79 (E) 810 mstly clr none 23:00 49 32 13 89 (E) 933 mstly clr none 00:00 49 33 15 92 (E) 1129 mstly clr none 01:00 48 33 13 87 (E) 1097 mstly clr none 02:00 47 33 12 84 (E) 1160 mstly clr none 03:00 47 34 6 98 (E) 1253 clear none 04:00 49 32 6 94 (E) 1056 clear none 05:00 50 31 2 281 (W) 713 clear none 06:00 50 31 1 233 (SW) 750 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