Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20160804 From: trudyk@apo.nmsu.edu Date: Fri, 5 Aug 2016 12:11:47 +0000 (UTC) Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Thursday, August 04, 2016 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- D.Jones D.Jones DIS 20:07 01:04 H.Weaver H.Weaver ARCTIC 01:18 03:15 ARCTIC 03:54 05:54 INST SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B D B ---------------------------------------------------------------- JH02/R 20:07 01:10 0 0 0 0 3.9 1.2 0 0 JH03/R 01:10 06:12 0.6 0 0 0 4.4 0.0 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: T.Rudyk Clear night, opened right at sunset. Seeing was good, under 1" for the night. Had a weather scare around 03:15, a system appeared to be headed our way closed for 45 minutes. Threat did not materialize, so opened again at 03:54. Mostly clear skies 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 20:32 dcamera 860( 1355) 267 83 17.1 19.7 18.6 19.6 18.7 clear 0.90 01:31 arctic 655( 1121) 23 55 16.5 15.9 16.3 16.1 16.1 r 0.75 ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:00 69 46 15 192 (SSW) 854 mstly clr none 17:00 70 45 20 186 (S) 1032 mstly clr none 18:00 70 44 19 221 (SW) mstly clr none 19:00 68 45 18 236 (SW) mstly clr none 20:00 63 45 11 222 (SW) mstly clr none 21:00 62 46 12 239 (WSW) clear none 22:00 60 45 6 234 (SW) clear none 23:00 61 44 1 268 (W) clear none 00:00 62 46 7 184 (S) clear none 01:00 60 46 10 179 (S) clear none 02:00 61 46 11 181 (S) mstly clr none 03:00 61 47 14 151 (SSE) ptly cldy none 04:00 61 46 14 188 (S) mstly clr none 05:00 59 46 6 179 (S) clear none 06:00 60 46 12 145 (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