Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20171006 From: cgray@apo.nmsu.edu Date: Sat, 7 Oct 2017 12:36:30 +0000 (UTC) Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Friday, October 06, 2017 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- Y.Notsu Y.Notsu ECHELLE 18:49 01:10 R.Wyse R.Wyse ECHELLE 01:10 06:06 INST SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B D B ---------------------------------------------------------------- UW02/R 18:49 01:10 0 0 0 0 0.9 5.5 0 0 JH03/R 01:10 06:53 0 0 0 0 0.0 5.7 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: C.Gray We had a great night! Sure it was gusty but we never pointed into the wind so never suffered any collisions. The seeing was meh given the wind but we had clear skies all night. No problems tonight. ------- 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 18:01 ecamera 361( 3) 24 55 14.4 15.4 15.7 15.1 14.7 clear 1.21 00:09 ecamera 294( -321) 277 46 9.8 10.3 11.1 10.3 10.2 clear 1.67 ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:00 61 50 21 257 (WSW) 383 ptly cldy none 17:00 61 49 23 261 (W) 468 ptly cldy none 18:00 60 47 23 265 (W) 622 mstly clr none 19:00 58 41 19 266 (W) 613 clear none 20:00 57 34 17 282 (WNW) 642 clear none 21:00 55 21 16 10 (N) 707 clear none 22:00 53 12 15 359 (N) 643 clear none 23:00 53 9 18 9 (N) 561 clear none 00:00 52 8 17 36 (NE) 536 clear none 01:00 50 6 23 343 (NNW) 490 clear none 02:00 50 5 26 3 (N) 243 clear none 03:00 51 4 15 30 (NNE) 270 clear none 04:00 51 5 16 29 (NNE) 195 clear none 05:00 55 7 2 38 (NE) 93 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