Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20160823 From: dembicky@apo.nmsu.edu Date: Wed, 24 Aug 2016 12:12:49 +0000 (UTC) Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Tuesday, August 23, 2016 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- Y.Notsu Y.Notsu, D.Nogami ECHELLE --:-- --:-- D.Chojnowski D.Chojnowski ECHELLE 04:00 05:56 INST SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B D B ---------------------------------------------------------------- UW03/R 19:47 01:10 3.7 1.7 0 0 0 0 0 0 NM06/R 01:10 06:25 0 2.8 0 0 0 2.4 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: J.Dembicky TSPEC image was not happy tonight at checkout. 'tspec init' fixed the problem. Clouds and humidity (with a threatening thunderstorm that missed us) kept us closed until a little before 04:00. ------- 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 03:05 ecamera 765( -94) 144 69 11.3 13.6 15.4 13.3 12.9 ND2 1.28 ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:00 63 46 11 243 (WSW) cloudy none 17:00 63 50 15 257 (WSW) cloudy none 18:00 61 49 15 264 (W) cloudy none 19:00 58 52 21 202 (SSW) cloudy none 20:00 57 50 14 231 (SW) cloudy none 21:00 56 50 8 214 (SW) cloudy none 22:00 56 49 7 211 (SSW) cloudy none 23:00 55 50 13 203 (SSW) cloudy none 00:00 54 51 12 196 (SSW) cloudy humid 01:00 54 50 11 226 (SW) cloudy humid 02:00 52 51 10 221 (SW) cloudy humid 03:00 51 50 7 251 (WSW) ptly cldy humid 04:00 52 43 9 264 (W) ptly cldy none 05:00 54 39 8 268 (W) ptly cldy none 06:00 53 40 7 266 (W) mstly 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