Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20160829 From: trudyk@apo.nmsu.edu Date: Tue, 30 Aug 2016 12:01:15 +0000 (UTC) Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Monday, August 29, 2016 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- Y.Cao Y.Cao DIS --:-- --:-- B.Morris B.Morris ARCTIC --:-- --:-- T.Dorn-Wallenstein E.Levesque DIS --:-- --:-- INST SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B D B ---------------------------------------------------------------- UW05/R 19:40 21:50 2.2 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0 0 UW01/R 21:50 01:10 3.3 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0 0 UW07/R 01:10 06:29 3.8 1.6 0 0 0.0 0.0 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: T.Rudyk Night started out with heavy rain, which tapered off around 21:00. Humidity and wind kept us closed thereafter. Winds died down around 01:00, but humidity in excess of 95% persisted for most of the night. We did not open. ------- 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 56 46 5 32 (NNE) mstly cldy none 17:00 56 48 5 96 (E) cloudy none 18:00 51 49 12 89 (E) cloudy rain 19:00 51 49 11 78 (ENE) cloudy rain 20:00 49 48 13 79 (E) cloudy lt rain 21:00 49 47 24 57 (ENE) cloudy humid 22:00 49 45 20 53 (NE) ptly cldy humid 23:00 48 47 25 73 (ENE) ptly cldy humid 00:00 49 48 24 74 (ENE) ptly cldy humid 01:00 49 47 17 69 (ENE) ptly cldy humid 02:00 49 47 13 77 (ENE) ptly cldy humid 03:00 48 46 14 78 (ENE) ptly cldy humid 04:00 48 46 13 77 (ENE) ptly cldy humid 05:00 48 46 13 77 (ENE) ptly cldy humid 06:00 47 47 12 76 (ENE) ptly cldy humid 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