Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20161214 From: dembicky@apo.nmsu.edu Date: Thu, 15 Dec 2016 13:42:46 +0000 (UTC) Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Wednesday, December 14, 2016 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- D.Gies K.Lester ECHELLE 16:35 22:00 M.Hammergren K.Nault, M.Brucker ARCTIC 22:03 00:05 N.Chanover N.Chanover, J.Berdis NAIC 00:10 07:30 INST SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B D B ---------------------------------------------------------------- GS03/R 17:07 22:10 0 0 0 0 1.0 4.1 0 0 AD02/R 22:10 00:10 0 0 0 0 0.0 2.0 0 0 NM01/O 00:10 06:50 0 0 0 0 0.0 6.7 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: J.Dembicky A productive night. No problems. ------- 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 17:28 ecamera 974( -192) 48 66 6.8 7.6 7.2 7.3 7.4 ND4 0.80 19:35 ecamera 759( -468) -1 72 7.0 6.4 6.9 6.3 6.4 ND4 0.70 22:09 arctic 732( 736) 149 65 8.3 7.0 7.5 7.2 7.2 sdss_r 0.92 ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:00 46 15 6 323 (NW) 63 ptly cldy none 17:00 45 14 13 302 (WNW) 65 ptly cldy none 18:00 44 15 9 295 (WNW) 62 ptly cldy none 19:00 44 18 5 258 (WSW) 72 ptly cldy none 20:00 46 21 3 253 (WSW) 125 ptly cldy none 21:00 46 20 12 270 (W) 118 ptly cldy none 22:00 45 22 9 264 (W) 114 mstly clr none 23:00 46 20 10 256 (WSW) 141 mstly clr none 00:00 47 15 9 238 (WSW) 102 mstly clr none 01:00 46 17 12 239 (WSW) 101 mstly clr none 02:00 45 17 11 226 (SW) 81 mstly clr none 03:00 45 13 13 264 (W) 73 mstly clr none 04:00 44 12 9 263 (W) 58 mstly clr none 05:00 44 16 13 266 (W) 83 mstly clr none 06:00 44 16 11 243 (WSW) 84 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: 2.6.0