Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20160328 From: cgray@apo.nmsu.edu Date: Tue, 29 Mar 2016 13:06:08 +0000 (UTC) Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Monday, March 28, 2016 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- N.Chanover N.Chanover, D.Voelz, NAIC 19:45 06:50 R.Hull, E.Dahl, D.Kuehn INST SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B D B ---------------------------------------------------------------- NM01/O 19:29 06:46 0.3 0 0 0 4.2 6.8 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: C.Gray THe evening started out windy and dusty but we were able to open shortly after sunset. 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 19:06 naic -700( 1108) 203 52 7.5 9.0 8.9 8.9 7.9 -- 1.50 19:21 naic 500( 1098) 204 50 7.3 8.6 8.6 8.4 7.7 -- 1.50 ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:00 51 20 21 232 (SW) 1102 clear none 17:00 50 19 33 230 (SW) 1041 clear dust 18:00 49 16 23 216 (SW) 1585 clear dust 19:00 48 10 30 235 (SW) 4152 clear none 20:00 46 12 23 232 (SW) 1931 clear none 21:00 46 14 19 229 (SW) 1119 mstly clr none 22:00 44 15 18 236 (SW) 1196 ptly cldy none 23:00 44 17 18 263 (W) 1204 ptly cldy none 00:00 43 17 17 237 (WSW) 1294 clear none 01:00 42 17 17 234 (SW) 1468 mstly clr none 02:00 41 17 20 230 (SW) 1318 clear none 03:00 39 18 17 235 (SW) 1343 clear none 04:00 38 18 16 236 (SW) 1466 clear none 05:00 38 20 18 239 (WSW) 1395 clear none 06:00 37 20 24 237 (WSW) 1371 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