Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20160809 From: dembicky@apo.nmsu.edu Date: Wed, 10 Aug 2016 10:18:06 +0000 (UTC) Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Tuesday, August 09, 2016 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- J.Wisniewski S.Bhatiani NICFPS --:-- --:-- J.Hughes J.Hughes ARCTIC --:-- --:-- INST SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B D B ---------------------------------------------------------------- OU01/R 20:02 01:10 1.1 4.1 0 0 0.0 0.0 0 0 SU01/R 01:10 06:15 5.1 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: J.Dembicky Rain, the threat of rain, and high humidity kept us closed all night. I called it for the night a little after 04:00 with radar echos all around us. ------- 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 66 48 9 255 (WSW) 1000 cloudy none 17:00 65 47 6 263 (W) 950 cloudy lt rain 18:00 60 50 15 75 (ENE) 577 cloudy none 19:00 59 47 11 69 (ENE) 531 cloudy rain 20:00 57 50 13 78 (ENE) 893 cloudy lt rain 21:00 58 49 10 88 (E) 891 cloudy lt rain 22:00 58 47 9 143 (SE) 557 cloudy lt rain 23:00 57 48 6 70 (ENE) 613 cloudy lt rain 00:00 52 50 15 112 (ESE) 747 cloudy lt rain 01:00 54 51 15 137 (SE) 792 cloudy lt rain 02:00 56 51 12 180 (S) 906 cloudy humid 03:00 55 51 12 191 (S) 944 cloudy humid 04:00 53 52 13 206 (SSW) 877 cloudy 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