Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20161108 From: dembicky@apo.nmsu.edu Date: Wed, 9 Nov 2016 13:04:00 +0000 (UTC) Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Tuesday, November 08, 2016 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- P.Gaulme P.Gaulme Echelle 17:15 19:05 M.Kuzuhara J.Wisnewski DIS 01:50 05:45 INST SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B D B ---------------------------------------------------------------- NM03/R 17:15 00:10 0 5.1 0 0 0.0 1.8 0 0 DD03/R 00:10 06:20 0.9 0.8 0 0 4.5 0.0 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: J.Dembicky Stoped due to wind at 19:05. Opened briefly at 22:30 just to close as soon as I got the telescope focused due to high winds again. We re-opened around 01:50 under relatively poor seeing. ------- 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 18:15 ecamera 869( -534) 245 67 2.0 2.9 3.5 2.8 1.2 ND1 1.50 22:39 ecamera 824( -635) 232 21 0.6 1.1 2.3 1.1 0.5 clear 3.50 01:59 dcamera 526( 23) 177 54 -1.2 -0.2 1.2 -0.2 -0.3 -- 2.50 ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:00 41 24 7 74 (ENE) 547 mstly clr none 17:00 38 25 8 53 (NE) 578 mstly clr none 18:00 36 26 26 71 (ENE) 625 clear none 19:00 35 26 39 65 (ENE) 691 clear none 20:00 34 27 31 76 (ENE) 671 clear none 21:00 33 25 39 70 (ENE) 636 clear none 22:00 33 26 18 62 (ENE) 611 clear none 23:00 32 26 20 67 (ENE) 655 clear none 00:00 31 25 32 73 (ENE) 669 clear none 01:00 31 25 23 72 (ENE) 651 clear none 02:00 30 25 18 51 (NE) clear none 03:00 30 24 15 52 (NE) 713 clear none 04:00 30 23 3 12 (NNE) clear none 05:00 31 20 15 78 (ENE) 630 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