Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20160613 From: cgray@apo.nmsu.edu Date: Tue, 14 Jun 2016 11:39:30 +0000 (UTC) Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Monday, June 13, 2016 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- C.Pilachowski C.Pilachowski ECHELLE 20:22 01:00 K.Kinemuchi K.Kinemuchi, ECHELLE 01:01 04:55 R.McMillan INST SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B D B ---------------------------------------------------------------- DD01/R 20:21 01:10 0 0 0 0 0.0 4.8 0 0 DD02/R 01:10 05:46 0 0 0 0 3.3 1.3 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: C.Gray I can see clearly now the rain is gone. I can see all galaxies in my way. Gone are the dark clouds that had ARC blind. It's gonna be a bright (bright) bright (bright) star shining night. It's gonna be a bright (bright) bright (bright) star shining night. Oh, yes we can observe now the rain is gone. All of the bad seeing has disappeared. Here is that clear sky I've been praying for. It's gonna be a bright (bright) bright (bright) star shining night. (ooh...) Look all around, there's nothing but dark skies. Look straight ahead, there's nothing but clear skies. I can see clearly now the rain is gone. I can see all those dang moths in my way. Here is that short night I've been praying for. It's gonna be a bright (bright) bright (bright) star shining night. No problems and good seeing 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 01:20 ecamera 443( -324) 152 83 15.9 15.5 16.5 15.5 15.4 ND2 0.92 00:05 ecamera 628( -177) 131 64 14.6 14.6 15.2 14.6 14.3 clear 1.12 ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:00 73 37 27 241 (WSW) 931 clear none 17:00 69 35 21 269 (W) 815 clear none 18:00 68 27 22 267 (W) 826 clear none 19:00 66 25 21 266 (W) 807 clear none 20:00 64 24 19 251 (WSW) 881 clear none 21:00 62 23 24 255 (WSW) 1122 clear none 22:00 62 21 13 264 (W) 1147 clear none 23:00 60 25 19 283 (WNW) 989 clear none 00:00 60 25 14 268 (W) 1068 clear none 01:00 58 25 19 291 (WNW) 1090 clear none 02:00 58 25 14 291 (WNW) 955 clear none 03:00 57 25 17 301 (WNW) 840 clear none 04:00 56 25 9 305 (NW) 842 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