Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20160801 From: trudyk@apo.nmsu.edu Date: Tue, 2 Aug 2016 11:52:10 +0000 (UTC) Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Monday, August 01, 2016 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- B.Morris B.Morris ECHELLE --:-- --:-- M.Hammergren K.Nault, M.Brucker ARCTIC --:-- --:-- T.Wilkinson L.Hebb DIS --:-- --:-- INST SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B D B ---------------------------------------------------------------- UW04/R 20:10 00:10 4.0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0 0 AD02/R 00:10 02:10 2.0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0 0 UW12/R 02:10 06:10 3.9 0.1 0 0 0.0 0.0 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: T.Rudyk Evening started out cloudy with threat of rain. Weather made good on its threat around 21:00. Cleared somewhat after, but nearby systems prevented opening for UW04. Suckerholes with nearby thunderstorms until 1am, then rain again at 01:15. Stopped raining, but storms stalled out and sat 15-20 miles to the north of us until 5am. High fog formed and remained through twilight. ------- 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:00 71 49 15 201 (SSW) mstly clr none 17:00 71 50 11 214 (SW) mstly clr none 18:00 67 48 15 198 (SSW) mstly clr none 19:00 68 47 9 198 (SSW) mstly clr none 20:00 64 48 8 189 (S) cloudy none 21:00 62 49 14 243 (WSW) cloudy lt rain 22:00 60 50 10 185 (S) cloudy none 23:00 60 50 11 182 (S) ptly cldy none 00:00 60 49 6 182 (S) mstly clr none 01:00 58 49 15 182 (S) mstly clr lt rain 02:00 55 52 12 160 (SSE) mstly clr humid 03:00 55 48 8 195 (SSW) mstly clr none 04:00 58 44 6 189 (S) mstly clr none 05:00 57 43 10 177 (S) 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