Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20160913 From: trudyk@apo.nmsu.edu Date: Wed, 14 Sep 2016 12:31:59 +0000 (UTC) Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Tuesday, September 13, 2016 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- D.Gies D.Gies ECHELLE 19:20 01:10 J.Roberts C.Huitson-CU NICFPS 01:10 05:22 INST SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B D B ---------------------------------------------------------------- GS03/R 19:20 01:10 0 0 0 0 0.0 5.8 0 0 CU01/R 01:10 06:38 1.3 0 0 0 0.9 3.3 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: T.Rudyk Good night for observing. Started party cloudy, then clear for the majority of the night. A humidity spike around 05:15 forced us to close a little early. ------- 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 19:29 ecamera 822( 123) 4 36 13.5 16.2 16.0 16.2 15.2 clear 1.14 22:13 ecamera 803( -90) -17 27 11.4 12.3 13.0 12.2 11.9 ND1 1.94 04:33 NICFPS 778( 1326) -101 58 10.8 10.7 11.3 10.7 10.7 MK-ks 2.68 ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:00 63 34 6 250 (WSW) ptly cldy none 17:00 63 36 7 248 (WSW) ptly cldy none 18:00 60 40 14 215 (SW) ptly cldy none 19:00 57 36 12 213 (SSW) ptly cldy none 20:00 56 35 7 186 (S) clear none 21:00 54 36 8 179 (S) clear none 22:00 54 36 9 131 (SE) clear none 23:00 52 44 10 128 (SE) clear none 00:00 55 36 10 154 (SSE) clear none 01:00 54 35 2 165 (SSE) clear none 02:00 53 35 10 140 (SE) clear none 03:00 53 39 10 152 (SSE) clear none 04:00 53 37 8 180 (S) clear none 05:00 51 46 12 151 (SSE) clear humid 06:00 51 46 12 157 (SSE) 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