Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20160403 From: dembicky@apo.nmsu.edu Date: Mon, 4 Apr 2016 12:33:03 +0000 (UTC) Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Sunday, April 03, 2016 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- J.Wisniewski J.Wisniewski, OU class NICFPS 19:34 22:30 AGILE 22:30 00:35 ECHELLE 00:35 01:06 D.York D.York ECHELLE 01:07 06:08 INST SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B D B ---------------------------------------------------------------- OU01/O 19:34 01:10 0 0 0 0 5.6 0.0 0 0 UC01/R 01:10 06:38 0 0 0 0 3.6 1.8 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: J.Dembicky We took the first couple of minutes of twilight of the OU01 time, with their permission, to show Bruce Balick and his visitors Jupiter with the 3.5m telescope and guide camera. OU Students: Shaun Steele, Renae Wall, Ang Liu, Saloni Bhatiani, and Josiah Purdum 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 19:15 NICFPS 594( 973) 60 45 5.7 7.2 6.8 6.6 6.3 H 0.76 20:40 NICFPS 523( 846) 196 46 6.3 6.1 6.5 5.8 5.7 H 0.92 21:37 AGILE 473(-1799) 216 63 5.6 5.5 5.9 5.2 5.1 BG40 0.86 23:43 ecamera 472( -867) 27 81 5.1 4.3 4.8 4.0 4.2 ND3 1.20 ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:00 49 11 10 275 (W) 428 clear none 17:00 46 9 11 324 (NW) 454 clear none 18:00 45 9 13 330 (NNW) 450 clear none 19:00 45 9 7 351 (N) 421 clear none 20:00 43 8 8 304 (NW) 445 clear none 21:00 44 8 8 263 (W) 448 clear none 22:00 43 8 8 219 (SW) 452 clear none 23:00 42 9 7 185 (S) 471 clear none 00:00 42 9 6 187 (S) 461 clear none 01:00 42 9 2 191 (S) 435 clear none 02:00 44 9 3 253 (WSW) 390 clear none 03:00 44 8 5 258 (WSW) 376 clear none 04:00 45 9 5 289 (WNW) 415 clear none 05:00 45 6 9 318 (NW) 415 clear none 06:00 42 7 3 357 (N) 410 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