Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20171002 From: trudyk@apo.nmsu.edu Date: Tue, 3 Oct 2017 12:38:37 +0000 (UTC) Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Monday, October 02, 2017 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- Y.Notsu Y.Notsu ECHELLE 18:56 23:58 T.Murphy R.McMillan,N.Colmenares APOLLO 00:04 01:07 L.Hebb L.Hebb ARCTIC 01:12 06:08 INST SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B D B ---------------------------------------------------------------- UW02/R 18:55 00:10 0 0 0 0 0.0 5.2 0 0 AP01/R 00:10 01:10 0 0 0 0 0.0 1.0 0 0 NA03/R 01:10 06:51 0 0 0 0 2.1 3.6 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: T.Rudyk Evening started clear with some strong winds, but not strong enough to worry about. Despite the wind, seeing was very good at the start of the night. Had some trouble with the NA2 eyelid at the start of NA03's program. It was clear throughout the night. ------- FAILURE LOG ------- PROG INST FAILURE MODE TIME (SEDFNVOG) TI/SHU START FINISH DESCRIPTION ---------------------------------------------------------------------- NA03 ARCTIC T/H 01:12 01:28 NA2 eyelid failed to open ---------------- FOCUS LOG --------------- Time Instrument Focus Az El Temp Strc Prim Sec Air filt FWHM -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 19:06 ecamera 352( -88) 40 71 13.0 14.0 14.1 13.9 13.2 ND5 0.71 00:07 APOLLO 350( 1623) -36 33 13.1 12.8 13.3 12.9 12.9 530 1.30 ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:00 61 35 24 202 (SSW) clear none 17:00 60 34 12 216 (SW) clear none 18:00 58 33 23 207 (SSW) clear none 19:00 56 33 19 197 (SSW) clear none 20:00 56 32 20 200 (SSW) clear none 21:00 56 32 19 203 (SSW) clear none 22:00 56 32 19 201 (SSW) clear none 23:00 57 32 19 209 (SSW) clear none 00:00 56 33 18 242 (WSW) clear none 01:00 55 32 10 226 (SW) clear none 02:00 54 31 9 258 (WSW) clear none 03:00 54 30 10 236 (SW) clear none 04:00 53 28 6 252 (WSW) clear none 05:00 54 26 8 235 (SW) clear none 06:00 51 28 9 234 (SW) 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