Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20171010 From: dembicky@apo.nmsu.edu Date: Wed, 11 Oct 2017 12:47:49 +0000 (UTC) Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Tuesday, October 10, 2017 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- Z.Berta-Thompson Z.Berta-Thompson DIS 18:10 01:08 R.Wyse K.Hawkins ECHELLE 01:11 06:45 INST SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B D B ---------------------------------------------------------------- CU01/R 18:44 01:10 0 0 0 0 4.1 2.3 0 0 JH03/R 01:10 06:56 0 0 0 0.1 0.0 5.7 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: J.Dembicky ecamera didn't want to work properly at the start of the 2nd half. I tried restarting the nubs but eventually had to resort to powercycling the camera itself, which fixed the issue. No other problems tonight. ------- FAILURE LOG ------- PROG INST FAILURE MODE TIME (SEDFNVOG) TI/SHU START FINISH DESCRIPTION ---------------------------------------------------------------------- JH03 E I/H 01:11 01:17 ecamera not responsive, powercycled ---------------- FOCUS LOG --------------- Time Instrument Focus Az El Temp Strc Prim Sec Air filt FWHM -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 18:22 dcamera 414( 640) 46 73 8.7 10.4 9.8 10.3 9.1 -- 1.05 00:26 ecamera 301( -475) -110 47 7.5 7.2 7.7 7.1 7.1 ND3 1.20 ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:00 48 33 6 201 (SSW) 701 clear none 17:00 48 33 2 225 (SW) 714 clear none 18:00 46 33 1 233 (SW) 702 clear none 19:00 48 35 5 265 (W) 1257 clear none 20:00 49 35 3 240 (WSW) 1355 clear none 21:00 47 36 11 182 (S) 1309 clear none 22:00 46 35 12 169 (S) 1324 clear none 23:00 46 33 7 170 (S) 1344 clear none 00:00 47 32 16 176 (S) 1213 clear none 01:00 44 27 16 162 (SSE) 1165 clear none 02:00 46 33 15 174 (S) 1226 clear none 03:00 47 35 18 191 (S) clear none 04:00 46 36 17 204 (SSW) clear none 05:00 47 35 12 197 (SSW) 913 clear none 06:00 46 36 10 188 (S) 989 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: 1.2.4 Current TUI version: 2.6.0