Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20171005 From: trudyk@apo.nmsu.edu Date: Fri, 6 Oct 2017 11:34:38 +0000 (UTC) Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Thursday, October 05, 2017 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- B.Ketzeback R.McMillan,T.Rudyk DIS --:-- --:-- INST SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B D B ---------------------------------------------------------------- EN01/W 18:51 06:53 0.2 11.9 0 0 0 0 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: T.Rudyk High humidity, clouds and storms most of the night. There was a glimmer of hope around 04:30 as the skies cleared, but then the humidity began to rise again. We did not open. ------- 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:00 58 55 9 192 (SSW) cloudy humid 17:00 58 54 12 187 (S) mstly cldy humid 18:00 57 54 17 181 (S) mstly cldy humid 19:00 58 53 18 178 (S) mstly cldy humid 20:00 57 53 15 177 (S) mstly cldy humid 21:00 56 54 13 171 (S) mstly cldy humid 22:00 57 53 16 183 (S) mstly cldy humid 23:00 55 53 19 156 (SSE) cloudy humid 00:00 56 53 21 190 (S) cloudy rain 01:00 54 54 17 184 (S) cloudy lt rain 02:00 54 54 19 201 (SSW) cloudy humid 03:00 50 50 13 145 (SE) cloudy humid 04:00 53 45 9 262 (W) ptly cldy humid 05:00 54 47 9 280 (W) ptly cldy humid ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:00 58 55 9 192 (SSW) cloudy humid 17:00 58 54 12 187 (S) mstly cldy humid 18:00 57 54 17 181 (S) mstly cldy humid 19:00 58 53 18 178 (S) mstly cldy humid 20:00 57 53 15 177 (S) mstly cldy humid 21:00 56 54 13 171 (S) mstly cldy humid 22:00 57 53 16 183 (S) mstly cldy humid 23:00 55 53 19 156 (SSE) cloudy humid 00:00 56 53 21 190 (S) cloudy rain 01:00 54 54 17 184 (S) cloudy lt rain 02:00 54 54 19 201 (SSW) cloudy humid 03:00 50 50 13 145 (SE) cloudy humid 04:00 53 45 9 262 (W) cloudy humid 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