Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20170128 From: mcmillan@apo.nmsu.edu Date: Sun, 29 Jan 2017 13:25:01 +0000 (UTC) Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Saturday, January 28, 2017 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- S.Tuttle S.Tuttle ECHELLE 18:15 00:10 S.Anderson J.Ruan,S.Anderson DIS 00:12 06:10 INST SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B D B ---------------------------------------------------------------- UW10/R 17:41 00:10 0 0 0 0 5.6 0.9 0 0 UW06/R 00:10 06:51 0 0 0 0 6.7 0.0 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: R.McMillan Tonight was a lovely clear night with warmer temperatures than the last week or so. Seeing was moderate despite wind in the east. Everything worked well except for the main observing computer obs1, which started misbehaving in the small hours for the sixth Sunday in a row. ------- 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 18:42 dcamera 744( 225) 143 61 -1.0 -0.4 -0.4 -0.4 -0.2 - 1.33 00:19 dcamera 788( 166) 123 66 -1.3 -2.3 -1.9 -2.3 -1.0 - 1.46 04:44 dcamera 757( 180) 240 58 -0.4 -1.6 -0.9 -1.8 -0.8 - 1.51 ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:00 29 8 3 273 (W) clear none 17:00 30 7 8 18 (NNE) clear none 18:00 29 4 12 46 (NE) clear none 19:00 30 -3 16 26 (NNE) clear none 20:00 28 1 12 11 (N) clear none 21:00 28 -4 16 13 (NNE) clear none 22:00 28 -5 20 3 (N) clear none 23:00 28 -4 20 14 (NNE) clear none 00:00 29 -6 20 36 (NE) clear none 01:00 31 -1 20 54 (NE) clear none 02:00 32 0 9 68 (ENE) clear none 03:00 30 -1 5 74 (ENE) clear none 04:00 31 1 2 49 (NE) clear none 05:00 31 0 1 13 (NNE) clear none 06:00 30 -1 13 78 (ENE) 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: 2.6.0