Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20170109 From: dembicky@apo.nmsu.edu Date: Tue, 10 Jan 2017 14:10:46 +0000 (UTC) Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Monday, January 09, 2017 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- K.Pan H.Yan ECHELLE --:-- --:-- W.Jao T.Clements ECHELLE 00:10 01:40 05:15 06:52 INST SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B D B ---------------------------------------------------------------- NM11/R 17:24 00:10 0 6.8 0 0 0.0 0.0 0 0 GS05/R 00:10 06:58 3.4 0.1 0 0 1.8 1.5 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: J.Dembicky Clouds kept us closed until the start of the 2nd half. Dust spiked at 01:40 forcing us to close. The clouds were back as well. Dust subsided around 04:45 and I re-opened at 05:15 ------- 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 00:28 ecamera 735( -528) 242 43 4.2 5.3 5.8 5.6 5.0 ND3 1.76 05:27 ecamera 896( -464) 45 40 2.5 3.4 4.6 3.5 3.2 ND1 3.20 ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:00 48 22 22 250 (WSW) 159 cloudy none 17:00 45 25 21 240 (WSW) 216 cloudy none 18:00 45 24 32 239 (WSW) 338 cloudy none 19:00 46 25 21 254 (WSW) 405 cloudy none 20:00 44 26 21 265 (W) 568 cloudy none 21:00 44 28 22 266 (W) 473 cloudy none 22:00 42 27 24 244 (WSW) 625 cloudy none 23:00 41 24 29 256 (WSW) 505 cloudy none 00:00 40 24 25 263 (W) 351 ptly cldy none 01:00 39 25 21 276 (W) 2820 mstly cldy dust 02:00 39 25 15 250 (WSW) 9424 cloudy dust 03:00 38 26 17 269 (W) 13259 mstly cldy dust 04:00 38 25 12 254 (WSW) 6037 cloudy dust 05:00 37 27 16 258 (WSW) 2190 ptly cldy none 06:00 36 25 17 235 (SW) 876 ptly cldy 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