Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20170216 From: trudyk@apo.nmsu.edu Date: Fri, 17 Feb 2017 13:27:00 +0000 (UTC) Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Thursday, February 16, 2017 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- D.Bizyaev D.Bizyaev DIS 17:58 00:04 K.Pan Z.Zhou ECHELLE 00:12 06:36 INST SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B D B ---------------------------------------------------------------- NM10/R 17:58 00:10 0 0 0 0 5.4 0.8 0 0 NM11/R 00:10 06:36 0 0 0 0 0.0 6.4 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: T.Rudyk Night started out mostly clear. Cleared up entirely around 22:00. Stayed clear the entire night, we opened at sunset, and we were able to observe all night long. ------- 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 18:18 dcamera 662( 294) -27 52 -1.6 2.5 2.3 2.3 1.5 - 1.27 20:09 dcamera 680( 151) -162 50 -1.3 -0.8 -0.3 -1.0 -1.1 - 1.30 00:20 ecamera 908( -690) 10 54 -0.5 -1.0 -0.4 -0.9 -0.9 ND3 0.99 ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:00 34 20 8 297 (WNW) mstly clr none 17:00 33 20 10 314 (NW) mstly clr none 18:00 30 21 12 347 (NNW) clear none 19:00 30 19 7 282 (WNW) clear none 20:00 30 18 9 312 (NW) clear none 21:00 30 18 10 327 (NNW) clear none 22:00 29 18 7 345 (NNW) clear none 23:00 31 21 10 317 (NW) clear none 00:00 32 19 12 298 (WNW) clear none 01:00 32 18 19 314 (NW) clear none 02:00 33 22 17 333 (NNW) clear none 03:00 32 21 8 349 (N) clear none 04:00 30 21 6 316 (NW) clear none 05:00 31 21 9 24 (NNE) clear none 06:00 32 19 12 344 (NNW) 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: 1.2.2 Current TUI version: 2.6.0