Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20160704 From: trudyk@apo.nmsu.edu Date: Tue, 5 Jul 2016 11:57:45 +0000 (UTC) Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Monday, July 04, 2016 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- J.Bally J.Bally ARCTIC 22:51 02:04 B.Morris B.Morris ECHELLE 02:09 05:52 INST SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B D B ---------------------------------------------------------------- CU03/R 20:24 02:10 2.2 0.1 0.2 0.0 3.2 0.0 0 0 UW04/R 02:10 05:52 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 3.7 0.0 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: T.Rudyk,R.McMillan Night started out iffy with a threat of rain to the west of us, cleared up by 11:00. Was able to open, and aside from one cloud bank near the end of CU03's set, and the mirror covers not opening (requiring a reset) the night was clear and productive. ------- 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 23:07 arctic 264( 1004) 26 39 19.8 21.1 21.1 20.9 20.3 UMN 657/3 1.17 01:31 arctic 314( 954) -19 39 19.3 19.1 19.5 18.9 18.9 UMN 659/3 1.31 02:16 ecamera 505( -89) -74 67 19.1 18.8 19.3 18.7 18.6 ND04 0.70 ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:00 78 33 9 248 (WSW) 545 mstly clr none 17:00 77 30 11 266 (W) 484 mstly clr none 18:00 73 27 3 252 (WSW) 401 mstly clr none 19:00 72 29 10 262 (W) 442 ptly cldy none 20:00 70 30 5 263 (W) 443 ptly cldy none 21:00 70 33 7 234 (SW) 561 mstly clr none 22:00 67 33 1 299 (WNW) 1605 mstly clr none 23:00 68 33 7 265 (W) 1141 clear none 00:00 67 33 12 302 (WNW) 1217 clear none 01:00 67 32 8 273 (W) 804 ptly cldy none 02:00 66 32 11 326 (NW) 639 mstly clr none 03:00 66 32 3 318 (NW) 633 mstly clr none 04:00 66 33 2 342 (NNW) 694 clear none 05:00 66 34 8 342 (NNW) 608 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