Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20160214 From: cgray@apo.nmsu.edu Date: Mon, 15 Feb 2016 13:57:22 +0000 (UTC) Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Sunday, February 14, 2016 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- M.Hammergren K.Nault, M.Brucker, DIS 17:57 23:10 M.Hammergren M.Hammergren K.Nault, M.Brucker DIS 23:10 01:14 M.Hammergren R.Wyse R.Wyse ECHELLE 01:17 06:30 INST SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B D B ---------------------------------------------------------------- AD01/R 17:56 23:10 0 0 0 0 0.0 5.2 0 0 AD02/R 23:10 01:10 0 0 0 0 0.4 1.6 0 0 JH01/R 01:10 06:38 0 0 0 0 5.5 0.0 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: C.Gray The night started out clear with moderate seeing. The wind picked up around 23:00 with strong gusts. Wind and clouds increased after midnight with gusts keeping us pointed away from the wind. ------- 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 18:25 dcamera 466( 322) 79 80 5.9 7.1 7.3 6.9 6.1 -- 2.00 19:29 dcamera 498( 300) -28 72 5.8 6.0 6.5 5.9 5.7 -- 1.30 20:39 dcamera 519( 280) 2 78 5.1 5.3 5.8 5.2 5.2 -- 1.30 ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:00 44 0 18 308 (NW) clear none 17:00 44 2 10 343 (NNW) clear none 18:00 43 2 15 313 (NW) clear none 19:00 42 4 16 303 (WNW) clear none 20:00 41 5 8 291 (WNW) clear none 21:00 41 5 10 332 (NNW) clear none 22:00 42 3 11 356 (N) clear none 23:00 39 3 27 354 (N) clear none 00:00 38 6 17 10 (N) mstly clr none 01:00 38 7 9 22 (NNE) ptly cldy none 02:00 36 9 27 23 (NNE) ptly cldy none 03:00 37 8 29 31 (NNE) ptly cldy none 04:00 35 9 27 19 (NNE) ptly cldy none 05:00 37 8 10 36 (NE) mstly clr none 06:00 34 9 11 28 (NNE) 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