Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20160427 From: cgray@apo.nmsu.edu Date: Thu, 28 Apr 2016 12:20:05 +0000 (UTC) Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Wednesday, April 27, 2016 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- E.Glikman E.Glikman Tspec 19:47 00:02 M.Hammergren K.Nault, M.Brucker DIS 00:30 02:10 M.Hammergren K.Nault, M.Brucker DIS 02:10 04:45 INST SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B D B ---------------------------------------------------------------- NA01/R 19:51 00:10 0 0 0 0 4.3 0.0 0 0 AD02/R 00:10 02:10 0 0 0 0 0.3 0.7 0 0 AD01/R 02:10 06:10 0 1.4 0 0 0.0 2.6 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: C.Gray The night started clear and breezy. We were finally clear of the dust! however, clouds rolled in and made it impossible for AD01 to continue their observations and they gave up at 04:45. 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 19:50 tcamera 706( 811) 251 69 7.5 8.0 8.0 7.9 7.4 -- 0.90 23:41 dcamera 478( 345) 174 51 7.5 7.1 7.6 7.2 6.9 -- 1.10 ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:00 52 15 17 270 (W) 1854 clear none 17:00 49 13 11 263 (W) 2274 clear none 18:00 50 13 13 266 (W) 1520 clear none 19:00 49 12 17 210 (SSW) 1472 clear none 20:00 45 11 15 232 (SW) 1585 clear none 21:00 46 11 18 221 (SW) 1946 clear none 22:00 46 11 14 222 (SW) 2342 mstly clr none 23:00 46 10 19 223 (SW) 2618 clear none 00:00 46 10 21 224 (SW) 2686 clear none 01:00 45 9 20 208 (SSW) 3242 clear none 02:00 44 10 17 242 (WSW) 2353 mstly clr none 03:00 44 11 18 240 (WSW) 2248 ptly cldy none 04:00 43 11 19 243 (WSW) 2360 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