Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20160926 From: trudyk@apo.nmsu.edu Date: Tue, 27 Sep 2016 13:08:28 +0000 (UTC) Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Monday, September 26, 2016 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- P.Szkody P.Szkody DIS --:-- --:-- M.Bentz P.Misty DIS 03:23 05:37 T.Murphy R.McMillan APOLLO 05:43 06:47 INST SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B D B ---------------------------------------------------------------- UW08/R 19:02 01:10 6.1 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0 0 GS01/R 01:10 05:47 2.2 0 0 0 0.4 2.0 0 0 AP01/R 05:47 06:47 0 0 0 0 0.0 1.0 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: T.Rudyk Evening started out cold and rainy. Tspec was still showing bad values on checkout. Rain continued until around 00:00. Rain stopped, but skies did not start clearing until 0200. We were able to open at 03:23, and stayed open until 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 03:32 dcamera 540( 360) 140 59 6.6 6.2 7.5 6.4 6.5 - 2.35 03:32 dcamera 540( 360) 140 59 6.6 6.2 7.5 6.4 6.5 - 2.35 ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:00 45 30 11 85 (E) 593 cloudy none 17:00 43 29 19 74 (ENE) 697 cloudy rain 18:00 38 33 14 82 (E) cloudy lt rain 19:00 38 33 16 88 (E) cloudy lt rain 20:00 38 35 11 88 (E) cloudy lt rain 21:00 39 27 20 83 (E) 401 cloudy lt rain 22:00 41 27 16 81 (E) 392 cloudy lt rain 23:00 42 15 16 91 (E) 381 cloudy lt rain 00:00 43 21 14 81 (E) 365 cloudy none 01:00 44 18 11 101 (E) 407 cloudy none 02:00 43 25 10 93 (E) 359 mstly clr none 03:00 44 30 12 91 (E) 680 ptly cldy none 04:00 44 21 12 84 (E) 327 mstly clr none 05:00 43 8 14 82 (E) 358 mstly clr none 06:00 44 12 14 84 (E) 529 mstly clr 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