Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20160523 From: mcmillan@apo.nmsu.edu Date: Tue, 24 May 2016 11:59:19 +0000 (UTC) Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Monday, May 23, 2016 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- M.Hammergren K.Nault,M.Brucker DIS 20:15 00:10 M.Hammergren K.Nault,M.Brucker DIS 00:10 02:05 H.Weaver C.Lisse,H.Weaver ARCTIC 02:13 05:30 Y.Fernandez INST SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B D B ---------------------------------------------------------------- AD01/R 20:10 00:10 0 0 0 0 1.4 2.6 0 0 AD02/R 00:10 02:10 0 0 0 0 0.0 2.0 0 0 JH03/R 02:10 05:50 0 0 0 0 0.0 3.7 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: R.McMillan A nice clear night, with variable seeing. Wind was occasionally up around 30 mph and we did see some windshake, but never enough to be a concern except that it did affect image quality a bit. ------- 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 20:46 dcamera 512( 780) 228 73 13.8 15.2 15.3 15.0 14.3 - 1.53 02:25 arctic 590( 803) -34 31 10.4 10.6 11.2 10.6 10.4 r 1.51 03:21 arctic 580( 740) 8 57 9.9 9.9 10.6 10.0 9.9 r 0.95 ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:00 63 17 27 240 (WSW) 1049 clear none 17:00 63 18 23 228 (SW) 1036 clear none 18:00 61 15 13 266 (W) 1082 clear none 19:00 60 14 22 256 (WSW) 1076 clear none 20:00 58 12 21 270 (W) 1051 clear none 21:00 56 10 19 265 (W) 1450 clear none 22:00 56 11 18 265 (W) 1151 clear none 23:00 55 10 14 257 (WSW) 966 clear none 00:00 54 9 18 262 (W) 884 clear none 01:00 53 8 19 263 (W) 791 clear none 02:00 51 7 21 255 (WSW) 959 clear none 03:00 50 9 16 252 (WSW) 1106 clear none 04:00 49 10 14 266 (W) 1215 clear none 05:00 48 12 13 261 (W) 1293 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