Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20160324 From: mcmillan@apo.nmsu.edu Date: Fri, 25 Mar 2016 12:33:41 +0000 (UTC) Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Thursday, March 24, 2016 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- R.Kuzio R.Kuzio ARCTIC 19:45 00:05 M.Hammergren K.Nault,M.Brucker ARCTIC 00:12 02:07 J.Holtzman J.McKeever Echelle 02:10 06:15 INST SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B D B ---------------------------------------------------------------- GS01/R 19:27 00:10 0 0 0 0 1.1 3.7 0 0 AD02/R 00:10 01:10 0 0 0 0 0.0 2.0 0 0 NM02/R 02:10 06:51 0 0 0 0 0.0 4.7 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: R.McMillan Lovely night, photometric most of the time with one wave of high clouds. Very good seeing. Everything worked well. ------- 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 20:09 arctic 550( 393) 51 48 1.9 3.6 3.5 3.3 2.7 V 0.82 00:21 arctic 550( 303) 258 39 2.7 1.7 2.3 1.7 1.8 r 0.77 02:20 echelle ND3 0.88 ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:00 38 1 15 280 (W) 444 clear none 17:00 40 3 17 291 (WNW) 439 clear none 18:00 40 5 13 266 (W) 403 clear none 19:00 38 4 9 264 (W) 522 clear none 20:00 36 3 9 259 (W) 509 clear none 21:00 36 3 12 240 (WSW) 561 clear none 22:00 36 4 13 238 (WSW) 633 clear none 23:00 36 3 9 220 (SW) 702 clear none 00:00 37 1 5 259 (W) 580 clear none 01:00 36 1 11 234 (SW) 626 mstly clr none 02:00 35 1 12 208 (SSW) 579 ptly cldy none 03:00 35 0 14 208 (SSW) 577 ptly cldy none 04:00 33 0 12 211 (SSW) 824 mstly clr none 05:00 33 -1 13 241 (WSW) 730 clear none 06:00 34 -1 12 269 (W) 470 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