Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20160410 From: cgray@apo.nmsu.edu Date: Mon, 11 Apr 2016 10:25:04 +0000 (UTC) Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Sunday, April 10, 2016 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- M.Bentz P.Misty DIS --:-- --:-- M.Hammergren K.Nault, M.Brucker DIS --:-- --:-- M.Hammergren K.Nault, M.Brucker DIS --:-- --:-- INST SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B D B ---------------------------------------------------------------- GS04/R 19:39 00:10 0.7 3.8 0 0 0 0 0 0 AD02/R 00:10 02:10 2.0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 AD01/R 02:10 06:29 4.3 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: C.Gray The night started off windy with clouds threatening rain and with high dust counts due to the high wind. It began snowing around midnight. We were not able to open. 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:00 46 17 21 259 (W) 1949 cloudy dust 17:00 47 18 17 265 (W) 2441 cloudy dust 18:00 46 18 17 260 (W) 3787 cloudy dust 19:00 47 15 29 242 (WSW) 6721 cloudy none 20:00 43 18 17 256 (WSW) 2633 cloudy none 21:00 40 22 23 279 (W) 1973 cloudy none 22:00 38 26 13 279 (W) 2485 cloudy none 23:00 37 27 17 281 (W) 2266 cloudy none 00:00 36 27 17 275 (W) 5251 cloudy snow 01:00 34 28 14 267 (W) 2386 cloudy snow 02:00 33 28 13 271 (W) 1422 cloudy humid 03:00 33 28 17 281 (W) 2060 cloudy none 04:00 32 26 14 271 (W) 451 cloudy 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