Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20171119 From: mcmillan@apo.nmsu.edu Date: Mon, 20 Nov 2017 13:30:49 +0000 (UTC) Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Sunday, November 19, 2017 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- M.Bentz M.Bentz DIS 17:05 18:07 M.Lazzarini M.Lazzarini DIS 18:08 00:04 H.Weaver H.Weaver,C.Lisse, ARCTIC 00:17 06:10 Y.Fernandez INST SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B D B ---------------------------------------------------------------- GS01/R 17:09 18:09 0 0 0 0 0.0 1.0 0 0 UW05/R 18:09 00:10 0 0 0 0 5.9 0.2 0 0 JH05/R 00:10 06:30 0 0 0 0 6.3 0.0 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: R.McMillan Mostly clear all night with moderate seeing. The second half observers had a slow internet connection, apparently near the APO end because they were all in different locations. It made some field identification difficult but didn't prevent observing. ------- 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 18:33 dcamera 255( 272) 21 50 4.3 6.1 5.9 5.5 4.4 - 1.01 00:31 arctic 498( 511) 346 57 2.8 3.1 3.9 3.2 3.1 SDSS_r 1.05 02:56 arctic 447( 419) 299 38 2.8 2.0 2.8 2.0 2.5 SDSS_r 1.43 ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:00 46 1 2 196 (SSW) 438 clear none 17:00 43 -2 1 200 (SSW) 75 clear none 18:00 43 -4 5 260 (W) 26 clear none 19:00 43 -4 4 259 (W) 24 clear none 20:00 39 -6 3 252 (WSW) 129 clear none 21:00 40 -6 7 260 (W) 33 clear none 22:00 39 -6 8 326 (NW) 82 ptly cldy none 23:00 39 -5 12 315 (NW) 87 clear none 00:00 39 -5 7 346 (NNW) 77 clear none 01:00 36 -9 7 352 (N) 73 clear none 02:00 37 -9 10 352 (N) 75 clear none 03:00 36 -9 14 357 (N) 124 clear none 04:00 38 -1 5 10 (N) 202 clear none 05:00 37 4 8 15 (NNE) 336 mstly clr none 06:00 38 2 14 15 (NNE) 272 mstly clr 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