Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20160512 From: cgray@apo.nmsu.edu Date: Fri, 13 May 2016 12:26:56 +0000 (UTC) Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Thursday, May 12, 2016 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- C.Churchill G.Kacprzak DIS 20:40 01:06 R.Kuzio de Naray R.Kuzio de Naray, DIS 01:16 05:10 W.,Peters, K.Garcia INST SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B D B ---------------------------------------------------------------- NM02/R 20:02 01:10 0 0 0 0 0.0 5.1 0 0 GS01/R 01:10 05:57 0 0 0 0 4.4 0.4 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: C.Gray The night started out humid and partly cloudy. While the humidity increased ot nearly 85%, it did decrease near midnight and remained calm and nearly clear but with poor seeing for some of the night. The Kuzio Kohort finished the last of their three nights of training and did a great job! 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 19:56 dcamera 282( 429) 58 65 8.8 12.5 13.2 12.1 10.6 -- 1.80 20:22 dcamera 340( 400) 141 76 8.2 11.1 11.8 10.7 9.5 -- 2.10 02:40 dcamera 471( 491) 50 79 11.2 10.4 11.0 10.5 10.5 -- 1.00 ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:00 60 31 14 267 (W) 1384 ptly cldy none 17:00 61 36 14 214 (SW) 1266 ptly cldy none 18:00 61 34 9 264 (W) 1321 ptly cldy none 19:00 57 38 10 258 (WSW) 1266 ptly cldy none 20:00 51 40 10 90 (E) 1394 mstly clr none 21:00 48 41 14 81 (E) 1351 mstly clr none 22:00 48 40 9 90 (E) 1375 ptly cldy none 23:00 47 40 11 90 (E) 1370 mstly clr none 00:00 49 36 3 118 (ESE) 1401 clear none 01:00 54 29 10 213 (SSW) 1371 clear none 02:00 54 28 7 191 (S) 1396 mstly clr none 03:00 52 28 6 182 (S) 1635 clear none 04:00 53 29 7 185 (S) 1573 clear none 05:00 51 31 10 144 (SE) 1554 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