Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20160507 From: mcmillan@apo.nmsu.edu Date: Sun, 8 May 2016 12:00:00 +0000 (UTC) Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Saturday, May 07, 2016 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- B.Holler B.Holler ARCTIC 20:05 01:08 M.Hammergren K.Nault,M.Brucker ARCTIC 01:10 03:06 T.Wilkinson L.Hebb,T.Wilkinson DIS 03:18 05:46 INST SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B D B ---------------------------------------------------------------- CU01/R 19:59 01:10 0 0 0 0 4.1 1.1 0 0 AD02/R 01:10 03:10 0 0 0 0 2.0 0.0 0 0 UW07/R 03:10 06:01 0 0 0 0 2.8 0.0 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: R.McMillan Clear until the last couple of hours of the night, moderate seeing. I had some trouble mounting ARCTIC at the start of the night but Bill advised me how to correct the problem; after that, everything worked well. ------- 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 19:25 arctic 449( 630) 87 58 8.3 10.3 10.4 10.1 9.2 r 1.27 02:29 dcamera 389( 168) 131 71 5.4 5.5 6.2 5.5 5.2 - 1.46 ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:00 60 11 16 234 (SW) 1447 clear none 17:00 55 8 17 248 (WSW) 1612 clear none 18:00 58 8 16 249 (WSW) 1713 clear none 19:00 52 6 14 261 (W) 2207 clear none 20:00 47 6 12 257 (WSW) 2186 clear none 21:00 47 5 11 263 (W) 1928 clear none 22:00 45 4 10 279 (W) 1350 clear none 23:00 45 4 11 282 (WNW) 1230 clear none 00:00 46 5 12 269 (W) 1082 clear none 01:00 45 4 9 266 (W) 1073 clear none 02:00 44 5 14 269 (W) 1257 clear none 03:00 43 3 9 273 (W) 1330 clear none 04:00 42 3 21 267 (W) 1424 mstly clr none 05:00 41 5 15 255 (WSW) 1505 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