Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20160226 From: cgray@apo.nmsu.edu Date: Sat, 27 Feb 2016 12:54:27 +0000 (UTC) Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Friday, February 26, 2016 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- V.Woolf V.Woolf Echelle 18:06 23:05 M.Hammergren K.Nault, M.Brucker ARCTIC 23:15 01:05 K.Allers J.Gallimore, K.Allers NICFPS 01:40 05:37 INST SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B D B ---------------------------------------------------------------- UW10/R 18:06 23:10 0 0 0 0 3.5 1.6 0 0 AD02/R 23:10 01:10 0 0 0 0 0.0 2.0 0 0 NA03/R 01:10 06:25 0 0 0 0 0.0 5.2 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: C.Gray The night started out clear and calm. Seeing was epic at a stable value of 0.7-0.8"! Tspec was good. No 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 18:26 ecamera 535( -692) 104 79 5.3 6.5 6.4 6.2 5.5 ND2 0.80 23:19 arctic 510( 387) 352 37 4.0 4.1 4.8 4.2 4.1 SDSS-r 0.70 01:41 NICFPS 490( 644) 328 76 2.7 3.1 3.7 3.0 2.8 MK-J 0.80 ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:00 44 11 8 328 (NNW) 543 clear none 17:00 45 8 8 284 (WNW) 407 clear none 18:00 42 6 2 324 (NW) 466 clear none 19:00 37 2 5 18 (NNE) 421 clear none 20:00 41 0 3 357 (N) 438 clear none 21:00 41 -4 7 63 (ENE) 426 clear none 22:00 41 -4 5 353 (N) 455 clear none 23:00 41 -4 6 353 (N) 446 clear none 00:00 39 0 6 346 (NNW) 479 clear none 01:00 39 8 6 351 (N) 516 clear none 02:00 38 8 6 329 (NNW) 485 clear none 03:00 40 10 7 271 (W) 574 clear none 04:00 39 7 5 253 (WSW) 459 clear none 05:00 40 7 5 253 (WSW) 416 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