Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20160305 From: mcmillan@apo.nmsu.edu Date: Sun, 6 Mar 2016 12:34:39 +0000 (UTC) Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Saturday, March 05, 2016 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- A.Truebenbach A.Truebenbach DIS 18:30 22:55 M.Hammergren K.Nault,M.Brucker ARCTIC 23:04 00:20 C.Vargas C.Vargas ARCTIC 02:00 03:20 INST SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B D B ---------------------------------------------------------------- CU08/R 18:13 23:10 0.2 0 0 0 4.8 0.0 0 0 AD02/R 23:10 01:10 0.8 0 0 0 1.2 0.0 0 0 NM04/R 01:10 06:16 2.0 1.8 0 0 1.3 0.0 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: R.McMillan We had several waves of clouds and precipitation threat, although no apparent actual precipitation. First was mostly able to work through the clouds and second half was mostly lost but there were some usable holes. Seeing was good and 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 18:51 dcamera 240( 227) -76 73 7.4 9.7 10.1 9.9 8.5 - 1.25 23:14 arctic 485( 503) 19 56 7.7 7.2 7.7 7.1 7.2 r 0.98 ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:00 49 15 15 205 (SSW) 885 mstly cldy none 17:00 49 11 18 215 (SW) 757 ptly cldy none 18:00 46 11 11 207 (SSW) 859 ptly cldy none 19:00 45 10 12 213 (SSW) 977 mstly clr none 20:00 46 10 14 225 (SW) 1183 mstly clr none 21:00 46 9 15 252 (WSW) 1157 mstly clr none 22:00 46 8 16 234 (SW) 904 ptly cldy none 23:00 45 8 16 245 (WSW) 880 mstly cldy none 00:00 46 6 22 243 (WSW) 904 mstly cldy none 01:00 46 6 15 241 (WSW) 836 ptly cldy none 02:00 46 6 16 262 (W) 886 mstly clr none 03:00 45 5 22 283 (WNW) 781 ptly cldy none 04:00 44 8 23 280 (W) 775 mstly cldy none 05:00 45 9 15 276 (W) 847 mstly cldy 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