Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20171102 From: trudyk@apo.nmsu.edu Date: Fri, 3 Nov 2017 12:57:05 +0000 (UTC) Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Thursday, November 02, 2017 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- S.Mahadevan S.Mahadevan,G.Stefansson ARCTIC 18:20 01:08 D.Chojnowski E.Rich ECHELLE 01:12 06:30 INST SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B D B ---------------------------------------------------------------- DD01/R 18:20 01:10 0 0 0 0 0.0 6.8 0 0 NM04/R 01:10 07:14 0 0 0 0 0.6 5.5 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: T.Rudyk Night started clear and calm, with decent seeing. The night was perfect, with seeing becoming rather good by 01:00. We stayed open all night. ------- 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 18:38 arctic 522( 863) 87 42 6.9 9.3 9.3 9.1 7.6 SDSS_r 1.12 01:18 ecamera 345( -465) -140 51 6.7 6.5 7.1 6.7 6.8 ND2 0.83 ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:00 49 23 12 262 (W) clear none 17:00 51 27 15 231 (SW) clear none 18:00 47 27 12 256 (WSW) clear none 19:00 44 28 13 244 (WSW) clear none 20:00 44 32 15 255 (WSW) clear none 21:00 45 29 11 261 (W) clear none 22:00 45 28 8 265 (W) clear none 23:00 45 30 11 267 (W) clear none 00:00 45 31 15 275 (W) clear none 01:00 45 31 14 272 (W) clear none 02:00 44 30 13 288 (WNW) clear none 03:00 44 30 12 281 (W) clear none 04:00 43 31 12 262 (W) clear none 05:00 43 31 14 274 (W) clear none 06:00 42 31 13 266 (W) 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