Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20171026 From: dembicky@apo.nmsu.edu Date: Fri, 27 Oct 2017 12:06:12 +0000 (UTC) Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Thursday, October 26, 2017 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- P.Gaulme J.McKeever Echelle 18:26 21:50 E.Bellm M.Graham, UW folks ARCTIC --:-- --:-- INST SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B D B ---------------------------------------------------------------- NM02/R 18:26 01:10 1.4 1.9 0 0 0 3.4 0 0 UW04/O 01:10 07:09 6.0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: J.Dembicky 3.5m training for UW folks, M.Graham, Z.Gollchoa, O.Boberg, D.Huppenkothen High humidity as the temperatures plumeted when a cold front hit us. My 2nd half observers gave up at 05:00 ------- 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 17:41 ecamera 362( -156) -27 46 11.4 12.2 12.4 11.8 11.4 ND3 0.79 ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:00 53 21 7 302 (WNW) 1160 clear none 17:00 59 21 8 259 (W) 872 clear none 18:00 54 20 7 264 (W) 766 clear none 19:00 53 20 10 271 (W) 789 clear none 20:00 52 20 10 207 (SSW) 839 clear none 21:00 51 20 6 181 (S) 1353 mstly cldy none 22:00 51 19 6 186 (S) 1370 cloudy none 23:00 40 23 27 67 (ENE) 3262 mstly cldy none 00:00 37 25 25 79 (E) 4810 cloudy none 01:00 33 27 22 70 (ENE) 6786 ptly cldy dust 02:00 31 28 20 76 (ENE) mstly clr humid 03:00 30 28 17 80 (E) mstly clr humid 04:00 29 28 11 78 (ENE) clear humid 05:00 30 26 5 88 (E) clear humid 06:00 33 25 6 107 (ESE) 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