Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20160705 From: trudyk@apo.nmsu.edu Date: Wed, 6 Jul 2016 11:44:43 +0000 (UTC) Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Tuesday, July 05, 2016 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- C.Vargas C.Vargas ARCTIC 20:38 00:51 M.Hammergren K.Nault, M.Brucker ARCTIC 00:58 03:08 B.Morris B.Morris ECHELLE 03:13 05:53 INST SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B D B ---------------------------------------------------------------- NM01/R 20:24 01:10 0 0 0 0 3.8 1.0 0 0 AD02/R 01:10 03:10 0 0 0 0 2.0 0.0 0 0 UW04/R 03:10 05:53 0 0 0 0 2.7 0.0 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: T.Rudyk,R.McMillan Partly cloudy most of the night, clearing towards dawn. No danger of rain, we were able to be open all night. No malfunctions, everyone got their max time. Good seeing most 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 21:13 arctic 430( 1272) -4 58 20.9 23.4 22.9 23.3 22.2 SDSS-r 0.91 22:49 arctic 405( 1129) -13 56 20.3 21.0 21.5 20.9 20.4 r 0.78 01:19 arctic 480( 1116) -28 43 18.5 19.1 19.7 18.9 18.7 r 1.07 03:17 ecamera 523( -150) 48 60 16.4 17.1 17.8 16.9 16.6 ND4 1.00 ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:00 76 33 15 263 (W) 423 ptly cldy none 17:00 75 31 12 294 (WNW) 382 ptly cldy none 18:00 80 35 7 243 (WSW) 406 ptly cldy none 19:00 74 33 12 259 (W) 490 ptly cldy none 20:00 71 35 8 257 (WSW) 718 ptly cldy none 21:00 70 35 4 259 (W) 507 ptly cldy none 22:00 69 35 7 266 (W) 492 ptly cldy none 23:00 69 35 9 267 (W) 515 ptly cldy none 00:00 68 36 8 260 (W) 542 ptly cldy none 01:00 66 37 11 273 (W) 416 mstly clr none 02:00 64 38 13 274 (W) 576 clear none 03:00 62 39 11 271 (W) 866 clear none 04:00 62 39 10 312 (NW) 920 clear none 05:00 62 38 11 309 (NW) 612 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