Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20171124 From: dembicky@apo.nmsu.edu Date: Sat, 25 Nov 2017 13:21:35 +0000 (UTC) Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Friday, November 24, 2017 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- M.Bentz M.Batiste DIS 17:07 18:07 C.Sakari C.Sakari ECHELLE 18:10 00:07 A.Kowalski A.Kowalski DIS 00:17 06:34 INST SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B D B ---------------------------------------------------------------- GS01/R 17:07 18:07 0 0 0 0 0.0 1.0 0 0 UW12/R 18:07 00:10 0 0 0 0 1.8 4.3 0 0 CU03/R 00:10 06:34 0 0 0 0 6.4 0.0 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: J.Dembicky No problems tonight. Temps never got below 9C so I did not check APOLLO in the morning for water circulation. ------- 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 17:29 dcamera 428( 757) 50 52 11.9 12.2 12.4 12.0 11.9 -- 0.91 18:19 ecamera 310( -245) 32 59 12.0 11.6 12.1 11.6 11.6 clear 1.10 00:28 dcamera 410( 628) 170 70 10.6 10.2 10.7 10.3 10.6 -- 0.90 ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:00 53 10 18 359 (N) 358 mstly clr none 17:00 53 7 13 18 (NNE) 138 mstly clr none 18:00 53 11 10 9 (N) 175 mstly clr none 19:00 54 10 8 6 (N) 169 ptly cldy none 20:00 54 11 9 1 (N) 166 ptly cldy none 21:00 53 12 16 349 (N) 181 ptly cldy none 22:00 52 14 12 348 (NNW) 246 ptly cldy none 23:00 51 12 9 2 (N) 266 ptly cldy none 00:00 51 12 8 356 (N) 247 ptly cldy none 01:00 51 11 21 4 (N) 258 mstly clr none 02:00 50 11 18 23 (NNE) 238 clear none 03:00 48 13 15 2 (N) 279 clear none 04:00 49 14 13 12 (NNE) 196 clear none 05:00 49 14 13 25 (NNE) 206 mstly clr none 06:00 50 12 11 4 (N) 227 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