Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20160511 From: cgray@apo.nmsu.edu Date: Thu, 12 May 2016 12:12:02 +0000 (UTC) Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Wednesday, May 11, 2016 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- M.Hammergren K.Nault, M.Brucker DIS 21:17 01:06 R.Kuzio de Naray R.Kuzio de Naray, ARCTIC 01:35 06:54 W.Peters, K.Garcia INST SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B D B ---------------------------------------------------------------- AD01/R 20:02 01:10 0 0 0 0 0.3 4.8 0 0 GS01/R 01:10 05:57 0 0 0 0 4.8 0.0 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: C.Gray The night started out mostly clear and calm. Seeing was subarcsec for half the night but then clouds rolled in around 2am and seeing became poor. The GS01 training crew were on again and had some fun, intense observing. 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 19:57 dcamera 340( 607) -8 57 13.1 15.0 14.7 14.5 13.8 -- 1.35 00:36 arctic 440( 694) -32 53 12.5 11.8 12.3 11.6 11.8 JC-B 0.80 03:12 arctic 415( 608) 15 82 8.9 10.8 11.6 10.9 9.8 JC-R 1.70 ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:00 63 15 12 246 (WSW) 740 clear none 17:00 63 19 16 248 (WSW) 853 clear none 18:00 64 16 6 257 (WSW) 791 mstly clr none 19:00 60 15 6 231 (SW) 832 mstly clr none 20:00 56 13 3 257 (WSW) 779 ptly cldy none 21:00 54 15 8 218 (SW) 863 mstly clr none 22:00 56 14 5 240 (WSW) 981 clear none 23:00 55 14 8 224 (SW) 944 clear none 00:00 54 13 6 244 (WSW) 859 clear none 01:00 54 12 1 199 (SSW) 810 clear none 02:00 55 13 2 214 (SW) 721 mstly clr none 03:00 53 11 4 234 (SW) 741 mstly clr none 04:00 51 10 6 112 (ESE) 761 mstly clr none 05:00 47 22 17 77 (ENE) 986 ptly cldy none 06:00 43 32 16 79 (E) 1467 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