Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20160506 From: dembicky@apo.nmsu.edu Date: Sat, 7 May 2016 12:15:01 +0000 (UTC) Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Friday, May 06, 2016 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- M.Skrutskie M.Skrutskie, UVa classDIS --:-- --:-- D.Bizyaev D.Bizyaev DIS 01:10 06:00 INST SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B D B ---------------------------------------------------------------- UV01/R 19:58 01:10 5.2 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 NM05/R 01:10 06:01 0 0 0 0 4.8 0.0 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: J.Dembicky UVa class: Matt Pryal, Dylan Angell, Zach Danz, Emily Clark, Chris Wiens, Joy Skipper, Georgia Proutt, Renato Mazzei, Justin Schneider, and Tom Booth Dust kept us closed for the first half. It dropped enough to allow us to open at the start of the second half. It was uneventful for the 2nd half of the night. ------- 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 00:37 dcamera 399( 549) -79 48 10.4 12.6 15.4 12.4 11.2 -- 2.00 ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:00 68 21 26 228 (SW) 7858 clear dust 17:00 69 22 27 242 (WSW) 9082 clear dust 18:00 66 21 29 232 (SW) 11534 clear dust 19:00 62 16 24 218 (SW) 24460 clear dust 20:00 59 13 18 238 (WSW) 27282 clear dust 21:00 57 11 16 265 (W) 25969 clear dust 22:00 55 10 15 232 (SW) 21933 clear dust 23:00 54 8 18 231 (SW) 16517 clear dust 00:00 52 7 14 191 (S) 20931 clear dust 01:00 51 10 13 176 (S) 7840 clear none 02:00 50 12 12 167 (SSE) 2918 clear none 03:00 49 15 22 196 (SSW) 2361 clear none 04:00 47 17 14 194 (SSW) 2898 clear none 05:00 45 17 15 202 (SSW) 2249 clear none 06:00 44 18 11 209 (SSW) 2297 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