Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20160419 From: dembicky@apo.nmsu.edu Date: Wed, 20 Apr 2016 12:20:11 +0000 (UTC) Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Tuesday, April 19, 2016 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- S.van Velzen S.Van Velzen, M.Rahman NIC-FPS 19:45 00:07 M.Hammergren K.Nault, M.Brucker ARCTIC 00:17 02:05 M.Bentz M.Batiste DIS 02:16 06:40 INST SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B D B ---------------------------------------------------------------- JH04/R 19:45 00:10 0 0 0 0 0.0 4.4 0 0 AD02/R 00:10 02:10 0 0 0 0 0.0 2.0 0 0 GS04/R 02:10 06:19 0 0 0 0 0.5 3.7 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: J.Dembicky GPS was hung. Telescope alt, az, NA2 rot affected. Reset controllers including the TR2 rotator. No other problems I left DIS mounted so my observer could take morining dome cals. ------- 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 19:44 NICFPS 418( 824) 106 57 7.0 7.9 7.9 7.4 7.0 Ks 0.80 22:23 NICFPS 500( 829) 58 57 6.9 6.4 7.0 6.3 6.3 H 1.00 23:23 arctic 525( 509) -27 73 7.3 6.7 7.1 6.6 6.9 sdss r 0.67 01:19 dcamera 469( 281) 11 63 6.8 6.2 6.7 6.0 6.1 -- 1.00 ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:00 52 17 19 266 (W) 571 clear none 17:00 49 13 10 280 (W) 531 clear none 18:00 50 15 12 270 (W) 499 clear none 19:00 47 14 5 286 (WNW) 545 mstly clr none 20:00 44 14 7 294 (WNW) 566 mstly clr none 21:00 44 14 7 262 (W) 595 clear none 22:00 44 15 9 193 (SSW) 695 clear none 23:00 44 16 10 210 (SSW) 723 mstly clr none 00:00 45 16 8 215 (SW) 753 mstly clr none 01:00 45 12 7 263 (W) 749 mstly clr none 02:00 43 12 8 259 (W) 704 ptly cldy none 03:00 44 14 6 236 (SW) 720 mstly clr none 04:00 44 13 6 269 (W) 777 clear none 05:00 43 13 5 263 (W) 702 clear none 06:00 44 14 3 228 (SW) 760 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