Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20160817 From: trudyk@apo.nmsu.edu Date: Thu, 18 Aug 2016 12:31:50 +0000 (UTC) Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Wednesday, August 17, 2016 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- B.Ketzeback T.Rudyk, R.McMillan X 20:00 06:21 INST SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B D B ---------------------------------------------------------------- EN01/W 19:54 06:21 0 0 0 0 0.0 10.5 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: T.Rudyk,R.McMillan NIght Started out partly cloud, then prceeded to clear. We worked on the backup method for DIS slit viewer. We then proceeded to do a shack-hartmann test, and adjusted the primary accordingly. Lastly, we conducted and completed a pointing test. Weather cooperated throughout. ------- 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 20:56 dcamera 787( 1074) 104 37 13.4 15.0 15.6 14.5 14.2 - 2.46 23:55 guider 950( 1230) 38 81 12.6 12.6 13.1 12.6 12.6 R 1.44 ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:00 67 42 9 225 (SW) ptly cldy none 17:00 62 39 9 306 (NW) ptly cldy none 18:00 64 37 6 241 (WSW) ptly cldy none 19:00 63 34 1 217 (SW) ptly cldy none 20:00 57 35 8 87 (E) ptly cldy none 21:00 56 34 16 77 (ENE) ptly cldy none 22:00 55 35 12 76 (ENE) mstly clr none 23:00 55 34 16 81 (E) clear none 00:00 54 35 15 71 (ENE) clear none 01:00 54 36 13 83 (E) clear none 02:00 55 36 9 84 (E) clear none 03:00 55 34 10 58 (ENE) clear none 04:00 56 32 10 84 (E) clear none 05:00 56 33 6 86 (E) clear none 06:00 57 32 1 125 (SE) 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