Date: Sun, 22 May 2016 11:38:46 -0000 (UTC) Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20160521 From: mcmillan@apo.nmsu.edu Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Saturday, May 21, 2016 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- R.Wyse G. Ruchti ECHELLE 20:10 00:08 M.Hammergren K.Nault,M.Brucker ARCTIC 00:12 02:08 K.Kinemuchi K.Kinemuchi ECHELLE 02:13 05:10 INST SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B D B ---------------------------------------------------------------- JH01/R 20:09 00:10 0 0 0 0 0.0 4.0 0 0 AD02/R 00:10 02:10 0 0 0 0 0.0 2.0 0 0 DD02/R 02:10 05:51 0 0 0 0 0.0 3.7 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: T.Rudyk, R.McMillan Had high thin clouds, but observing was accomplished, moderate seeing around 1"-1.25". Telescope and instruments worked well. Ted did not break anything. ------- 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 20:25 ecamera 735( -60) -17 54 13.4 14.7 14.4 14.4 13.9 ND2 1.25 00:24 arctic 535( 806) 41 61 11.5 12.2 12.8 12.0 11.7 r 1.02 02:22 ecamera 591( -419) 97 64 10.0 10.6 11.3 10.5 10.2 ND1 0.95 ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:00 65 20 26 214 (SW) 1065 mstly clr none 17:00 63 19 18 255 (WSW) 1061 mstly clr none 18:00 63 18 18 235 (SW) 1056 ptly cldy none 19:00 58 11 17 225 (SW) 1019 ptly cldy none 20:00 56 10 15 200 (SSW) 1122 ptly cldy none 21:00 56 11 15 202 (SSW) 1252 ptly cldy none 22:00 56 11 13 191 (S) 1414 ptly cldy none 23:00 56 12 10 188 (S) 1723 ptly cldy none 00:00 54 14 10 260 (W) 1509 ptly cldy none 01:00 53 10 8 266 (W) 1157 ptly cldy none 02:00 50 12 8 253 (WSW) 1205 ptly cldy none 03:00 49 13 14 261 (W) 1002 mstly clr none 04:00 50 19 13 268 (W) 1364 mstly clr none 05:00 49 20 11 287 (WNW) 1407 mstly clr 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