Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20161029 From: trudyk@apo.nmsu.edu Date: Sun, 30 Oct 2016 13:13:14 +0000 (UTC) Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Saturday, October 29, 2016 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- K.Kwitter K.Kwitter DIS 18:23 01:00 H.Weaver Y.Fernandez,C.Lisse ARCTIC 01:16 06:51 INST SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B D B ---------------------------------------------------------------- NA02/R 18:23 01:10 0 0 0 0 6.8 0.0 0 0 JH02/R 01:10 07:11 0 0 0 0 5.9 0.1 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: T.Rudyk Night started out clear and relatively warm. Some high thin clouds started coming in form the west around 18:30. The high thin clouds blew out fairly quickly and the skies were quite nice by midnight. Skies stayed clear and calm 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 18:45 dcamera 611( 853) 86 69 12.0 14.6 14.3 14.4 13.9 - 1.22 19:31 dcamera 654( 830) 162 43 12.1 13.0 13.3 12.8 12.6 - 1.50 01:23 arctic 636( 855) 312 48 12.1 11.0 11.7 10.8 11.0 SDSS-r 0.89 ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:00 55 31 9 357 (N) 731 clear none 17:00 56 32 8 264 (W) 555 clear none 18:00 54 31 4 259 (W) 594 mstly clr none 19:00 54 28 10 4 (N) 538 clear none 20:00 54 27 9 10 (N) 449 clear none 21:00 54 30 6 44 (NE) 466 clear none 22:00 54 30 3 349 (N) 463 clear none 23:00 54 30 2 261 (W) 491 clear none 00:00 54 32 1 261 (W) 623 clear none 01:00 54 32 1 208 (SSW) 680 clear none 02:00 54 30 1 200 (SSW) 539 clear none 03:00 53 30 1 202 (SSW) 539 clear none 04:00 51 33 1 225 (SW) 856 clear none 05:00 50 30 1 221 (SW) 966 clear none 06:00 52 31 2 241 (WSW) 868 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