Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20160205 From: dembicky@apo.nmsu.edu Date: Sat, 6 Feb 2016 13:34:52 +0000 (UTC) Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Friday, February 05, 2016 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- M.McElwain C.Grady GIFS 17:48 00:04 B.Keeney B.Keeney DIS 00:15 06:46 INST SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B D B ---------------------------------------------------------------- DD01/R 17:48 00:10 0 0 0 0 6.4 0.0 0 0 CU04/R 00:10 06:46 0 0 0 0 4.9 1.7 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: J.Dembicky No problems tonight. Beautiful view of 6 planets this morning (including Earth) and the moon. The moon, Venus, and Mercury made a very beautiful triangle conjunction. ------- 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 GIFS 479( -100) 53 70 -6.5 -4.5 -4.3 -4.6 -5.7 Ha 1.20 18:18 NA2gdr -5057(24942) 52 70 -6.5 -4.5 -4.3 -4.7 -5.8 clear 1.35 00:22 dcamera 581( -252) -134 41 -6.2 -6.8 -6.4 -6.6 -6.5 -- 1.60 02:59 dcamera 581( -138) 269 67 -3.0 -4.2 -4.2 -3.9 -3.4 -- 2.60 ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:00 24 -4 6 358 (N) clear none 17:00 23 -5 7 8 (N) clear none 18:00 21 -7 14 360 (N) clear none 19:00 20 -5 17 358 (N) clear none 20:00 20 -4 13 8 (N) clear none 21:00 19 -3 16 9 (N) clear none 22:00 20 -3 15 9 (N) clear none 23:00 20 -7 23 18 (NNE) clear none 00:00 21 -8 23 23 (NNE) clear none 01:00 21 -8 12 339 (NNW) clear none 02:00 24 -15 17 16 (NNE) clear none 03:00 27 -19 16 352 (N) clear none 04:00 26 -14 21 25 (NNE) clear none 05:00 28 -18 27 16 (NNE) clear none 06:00 24 -19 16 15 (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