Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20160422 From: dembicky@apo.nmsu.edu Date: Sat, 23 Apr 2016 12:15:26 +0000 (UTC) Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Friday, April 22, 2016 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- C.Gray C.Gray, C.Grava DIS --:-- --:-- C.Schmidt J.Roberts J.Roberts NICFPS 04:30 06:30 INST SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B D B ---------------------------------------------------------------- NM06/R 19:47 01:10 0.4 5.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 CU02/R 01:10 06:15 0 3.4 0 0 0.0 1.7 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: J.Dembicky Cloudy most of the night. The skies finally partially cleared enough for us to open around 04:30. I left NICFPS mounted so my observer could do morning 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 03:37 NICFPS 508( 899) 150 70 8.1 7.8 8.1 8.1 7.7 Ks 0.9 ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:00 62 22 22 195 (SSW) 730 ptly cldy none 17:00 59 21 7 195 (SSW) 881 ptly cldy none 18:00 61 25 19 194 (SSW) 830 ptly cldy none 19:00 54 25 17 161 (SSE) 937 mstly cldy none 20:00 52 24 22 146 (SE) 850 cloudy none 21:00 47 32 13 186 (S) 5400 cloudy lt rain 22:00 47 32 10 170 (S) 3622 cloudy none 23:00 48 31 11 182 (S) 4264 cloudy none 00:00 44 32 2 238 (WSW) 2662 cloudy none 01:00 47 32 11 183 (S) 3835 cloudy none 02:00 45 32 9 192 (SSW) 4215 mstly cldy none 03:00 47 32 15 179 (S) 1172 mstly cldy none 04:00 47 31 14 180 (S) 622 ptly cldy none 05:00 46 31 12 204 (SSW) 528 ptly cldy none 06:00 44 32 8 189 (S) 931 ptly 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