Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20160831 From: trudyk@apo.nmsu.edu Date: Thu, 1 Sep 2016 11:56:25 +0000 (UTC) Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Wednesday, August 31, 2016 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- A.Mukadam A.Mukadam Agile --:-- --:-- INST SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B D B ---------------------------------------------------------------- UW09/R 19:37 06:10 10.9 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: T.Rudyk Yet another night spent in or very close to the underside of a cloud. Humidity dropped below 90% breifly around 22:00, but scattered showers nearby on the radar kept us closed. Soon the humidity returned to rainforest levels, and persisted through twilight. ------- 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 54 52 1 83 (E) mstly cldy none 17:00 54 52 1 249 (WSW) mstly cldy none 18:00 53 52 1 351 (N) mstly cldy lt rain 19:00 53 51 10 59 (ENE) mstly cldy humid 20:00 52 51 13 59 (ENE) mstly cldy humid 21:00 54 47 10 83 (E) ptly cldy humid 22:00 56 46 0 61 (ENE) ptly cldy none 23:00 54 48 1 181 (S) ptly cldy humid 00:00 53 50 3 203 (SSW) ptly cldy humid 01:00 51 49 2 91 (E) ptly cldy humid 02:00 51 49 0 168 (SSE) ptly cldy humid 03:00 50 49 6 82 (E) ptly cldy fog 04:00 50 48 2 111 (ESE) mstly clr humid 05:00 52 49 1 242 (WSW) mstly clr 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