Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20171007 From: cgray@apo.nmsu.edu Date: Sun, 8 Oct 2017 13:09:44 +0000 (UTC) Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Saturday, October 07, 2017 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- C.Kobulnicky C.Kobulnicky TSPEC 18:48 01:06 W.Chick W.Chick DIS 01:15 05:37 INST SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B D B ---------------------------------------------------------------- WY01/O 18:48 01:10 0 0 0 0 1.6 4.8 0 0 WY02/O 01:10 06:54 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 full house tonight! Wyoming class is here for training, and they picked a beautiful two days! We had perfectly clear skies with light wind and they were able to get some good seeing and great data. Amy Cavanaugh, Brad Lyke, Jacob McLane, Mara Zimmerman, Riley Jordan, Emily Jensen, with professor Michael Brotheron will be on site tonight and tomorrow. 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 18:22 tcamera 415( 995) 0 78 11.2 13.5 13.3 13.2 11.7 -- 0.95 20:07 tcamera 415( 899) -64 64 8.9 11.5 11.7 10.9 10.8 -- 1.29 23:44 tcamera 461( 926) 132 49 10.8 10.9 11.6 10.6 10.4 -- 1.27 00:42 dcamera 259( 479) 248 80 10.8 10.4 11.0 10.3 10.6 -- 1.20 23:44 tcamera 461( 926) 132 49 10.8 10.9 11.6 10.6 10.4 -- 1.27 00:42 dcamera 259( 479) 248 80 10.8 10.4 11.0 10.3 10.6 -- 1.20 ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:00 56 24 1 250 (WSW) 410 clear none 17:00 55 20 1 251 (WSW) 371 clear none 18:00 53 18 2 349 (N) 310 clear none 19:00 53 8 9 351 (N) 143 clear none 20:00 50 5 3 16 (NNE) 49 clear none 21:00 49 4 3 34 (NE) 46 clear none 22:00 57 13 3 358 (N) 128 clear none 23:00 57 12 10 5 (N) 107 clear none 00:00 53 9 6 316 (NW) 356 clear none 01:00 51 7 10 323 (NW) 349 clear none 02:00 52 8 12 273 (W) 429 clear none 03:00 52 9 9 277 (W) 471 clear none 04:00 50 7 9 261 (W) 368 clear none 05:00 50 8 8 263 (W) 405 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