Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20171217 From: trudyk@apo.nmsu.edu Date: Mon, 18 Dec 2017 12:05:47 +0000 (UTC) Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Sunday, December 17, 2017 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- M.Bentz M.Bentz DIS --:-- --:-- W.Peters W.Peters ARCTIC --:-- --:-- J.Roberts J.Roberts ARCTIC --:-- --:-- A.Kosakowski A.Kosakowski ARCTIC --:-- --:-- INST SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B D B ---------------------------------------------------------------- GS01/R 17:08 18:08 1.0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0 0 GS04/R 18:08 22:00 3.9 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0 0 CU02/R 22:00 03:10 5.2 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0 0 OU02.P/R 03:10 06:51 3.7 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: Obs Spec Evening started cloudy with light snow. Accumulation started around 23:00. Dome snow removal program activated at 23:20. Program ran all night, until we decided to call it quits at 05:00. Dome was left facing south. No programs observed. ------- 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:00 30 27 13 182 (S) cloudy lt snow 17:00 29 28 11 184 (S) cloudy lt snow 18:00 29 28 12 165 (SSE) cloudy lt snow 19:00 29 28 23 202 (SSW) cloudy lt snow 20:00 29 29 15 194 (SSW) cloudy lt snow 21:00 28 28 12 165 (SSE) cloudy lt snow 22:00 30 29 13 177 (S) cloudy lt snow 23:00 30 30 11 184 (S) cloudy snow 00:00 30 30 20 205 (SSW) cloudy snow 01:00 32 28 23 189 (S) cloudy lt snow 02:00 31 29 22 199 (SSW) cloudy lt snow 03:00 30 29 13 153 (SSE) cloudy lt snow 04:00 31 27 10 175 (S) cloudy lt snow 05:00 30 28 19 159 (SSE) cloudy lt snow 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