Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20160331 From: mcmillan@apo.nmsu.edu Date: Fri, 1 Apr 2016 11:49:36 +0000 (UTC) Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Thursday, March 31, 2016 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- M.Crenshaw C.Machuca,C.Pope DIS --:-- --:-- M.Hammergren K.Nault,M.Brucker ARCTIC --:-- --:-- R.Kuzio R.Kuzio ARCTIC --:-- --:-- T.Murphy R.McMillan APOLLO --:-- --:-- INST SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B D B ---------------------------------------------------------------- GS03/R 19:32 23:10 3.6 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0 0 AD02/R 23:10 01:10 2.0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0 0 GS01/R 01:10 05:42 1.4 3.2 0 0 0.0 0.0 0 0 AP01/O 05:42 06:42 0 1.0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: R.McMillan We had nearby radar all night, a few snowflakes that thought about accumulating but didn't really (I sort of ran the snow program but only for a few different positions), and high humidity at the end of the night. There was never a chance of opening. ------- 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:00 35 15 10 260 (W) 1286 cloudy none 17:00 40 17 15 263 (W) 1379 cloudy none 18:00 36 15 20 266 (W) 1280 cloudy none 19:00 33 17 20 274 (W) 1486 cloudy lt snow 20:00 29 21 9 265 (W) 3892 cloudy lt snow 21:00 30 19 8 262 (W) 1529 cloudy lt snow 22:00 28 21 10 270 (W) 5418 cloudy snow 23:00 29 17 12 239 (WSW) 1226 cloudy lt snow 00:00 27 19 6 195 (SSW) 1442 cloudy none 01:00 27 19 7 247 (WSW) 1501 cloudy none 02:00 26 20 5 117 (ESE) 1607 cloudy none 03:00 26 20 8 131 (SE) 1698 cloudy none 04:00 25 19 13 139 (SE) 1430 cloudy humid 05:00 23 21 10 104 (ESE) 1409 cloudy humid 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