Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20160803 From: trudyk@apo.nmsu.edu Date: Thu, 4 Aug 2016 11:13:11 +0000 (UTC) Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Wednesday, August 03, 2016 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- D.Jones D.Jones DIS 20:41 21:30 DIS 22:15 00:04 M.Hammergren K.Nault, M.Brucker ARCTIC 00:18 01:36 B.Morris B.Morris ARCTIC --:-- --:-- INST SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B D B ---------------------------------------------------------------- JH02/R 20:08 00:10 1.3 0 0 0 2.7 0.0 0 0 AD02/R 00:10 02:10 0.8 0 0 0 1.2 0.0 0 0 UW01/R 02:10 06:11 4.0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: T.Rudyk Opened at 20:41 but closed at 21:30, due to a radar scare. Threat passed, opened again to clear sky at 10:15. Skies were decently steady with 1" seeing. Humidity forced a shutdown at 01:36. Did not improve, we remained closed through dawn. ------- 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 20:50 dcamera 773( 1117) -94 80 15.0 16.7 16.4 16.7 16.1 clear 1.04 00:27 arctic 698( 1066) -72 38 14.1 13.7 14.2 13.6 13.7 r 0.80 ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:00 56 55 1 218 (SW) 2465 cloudy rain 17:00 58 54 13 183 (S) 1746 cloudy lt rain 18:00 59 52 21 205 (SSW) 1883 cloudy none 19:00 60 51 13 192 (SSW) 1733 ptly cldy none 20:00 60 50 16 188 (S) 1204 mstly clr none 21:00 59 51 15 195 (SSW) 1087 mstly clr none 22:00 59 52 18 193 (SSW) 1080 clear none 23:00 57 52 16 188 (S) 1162 clear none 00:00 57 52 14 190 (S) 721 clear none 01:00 57 52 12 200 (SSW) 448 clear humid 02:00 56 53 7 186 (S) 671 clear humid 03:00 56 53 13 219 (SW) 672 clear humid 04:00 56 54 11 200 (SSW) 559 clear humid 05:00 55 53 19 201 (SSW) 562 clear 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