Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20171029 From: mcmillan@apo.nmsu.edu Date: Mon, 30 Oct 2017 13:21:20 +0000 (UTC) Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Sunday, October 29, 2017 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- B.Morris B.Morris ARCTIC 18:45 01:04 W.Peters W.Peters ARCTIC 01:14 06:49 INST SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B D B ---------------------------------------------------------------- UW01/R 18:23 01:10 0 0 0 0 0.0 6.8 0 0 GS04/R 01:10 07:11 0 0 0 0 4.7 1.3 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: R.McMillan Clear all night. Excellent seeing first half and moderate seeing second half. No problems, aside from some ARCSAT issues that kept me running for about an hour. ------- 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 19:00 arctic 572( 828) 203 73 7.1 8.0 8.2 7.6 7.2 SDSS_r 0.62 01:24 arctic 444( 722) 26 55 8.7 8.3 8.9 8.5 8.3 JC_B 1.31 ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:00 51 21 10 276 (W) 758 clear none 17:00 48 21 7 295 (WNW) 808 clear none 18:00 46 21 4 306 (NW) 929 clear none 19:00 45 22 11 312 (NW) 1288 clear none 20:00 45 22 12 300 (WNW) 1416 clear none 21:00 47 22 18 292 (WNW) 1775 clear none 22:00 47 22 12 302 (WNW) 1689 clear none 23:00 48 22 14 270 (W) 1588 clear none 00:00 47 21 13 295 (WNW) 1386 clear none 01:00 47 21 15 321 (NW) 1465 clear none 02:00 46 22 11 321 (NW) 1507 clear none 03:00 46 22 17 324 (NW) 1404 clear none 04:00 47 21 17 303 (WNW) 1306 clear none 05:00 46 21 13 329 (NNW) 1161 clear none 06:00 46 20 14 317 (NW) 1044 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