Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20160816 From: trudyk@apo.nmsu.edu Date: Wed, 17 Aug 2016 12:33:23 +0000 (UTC) Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Tuesday, August 16, 2016 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- B.Ketzeback T.Rudyk, R.McMillan DIS 20:00 01:10 ARCTIC 01:10 06:20 INST SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B D B ---------------------------------------------------------------- EN01/W 19:55 06:20 0 0 0 0 0.2 9.8 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: R.McMillan, T.Rudyk Clear weather all night, but the seeing was poor. Attempted to resurrect DIS slitviewer, to no avail. Worked on alternatives to slitviewer. Ran Shack-Hartmann, and collected data for throughputs. ------- 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 22:35 shack 910( 1607) 293 57 12.7 12.6 13.4 12.6 12.6 - 1.50 23:22 ecamera 837( -77) 235 61 12.6 12.5 13.1 12.5 12.4 ND1 2.53 02:41 arctic 687( 929) 312 33 11.7 11.2 11.8 11.2 11.2 J-C R 1.77 ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:00 66 30 7 97 (E) 492 clear none 17:00 67 30 6 353 (N) 525 clear none 18:00 63 31 10 74 (ENE) 541 clear none 19:00 61 32 13 82 (E) 809 clear none 20:00 58 34 18 71 (ENE) 986 clear none 21:00 55 38 14 75 (ENE) 1094 clear none 22:00 55 39 18 85 (E) 1223 clear none 23:00 55 38 21 89 (E) 1305 clear none 00:00 54 38 17 82 (E) 1206 clear none 01:00 54 38 16 84 (E) 1367 clear none 02:00 53 38 12 98 (E) 1353 clear none 03:00 52 38 14 78 (ENE) 1419 clear none 04:00 54 37 16 62 (ENE) 1952 clear none 05:00 53 37 6 19 (NNE) 2071 clear none 06:00 51 35 5 3 (N) 2098 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