Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20170319 From: mcmillan@apo.nmsu.edu Date: Mon, 20 Mar 2017 12:39:33 +0000 (UTC) Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Sunday, March 19, 2017 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- E.Ellingson E.Elligson+students DIS 19:30 01:05 Z.Maas Z.Maas ECHELLE 01:09 06:15 INST SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B D B ---------------------------------------------------------------- CU01/R 19:23 01:10 0 0 0 0 5.8 0.0 0 0 DD03/R 01:10 06:58 0 0 0 0 0.5 5.3 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: R.McMillan Clear all night with good to excellent seeing. Very productive. In addition to lots of science, we had the best eyepiece viewing session I've participated in. There were no problems with the telescope, instruments, or even ARCSAT. ------- 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 20:00 dcamera 721( 974) -90 69 13.2 14.8 14.7 14.4 14.2 - 0.98 01:19 ecamera 833( -136) -7 62 11.9 11.4 12.0 11.3 11.4 ND2 0.67 ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:00 63 20 14 232 (SW) 647 clear none 17:00 59 19 9 207 (SSW) 892 clear none 18:00 59 22 11 261 (W) 746 clear none 19:00 57 22 5 260 (W) 727 clear none 20:00 56 20 2 248 (WSW) 828 clear none 21:00 55 19 6 241 (WSW) 776 clear none 22:00 54 20 10 217 (SW) 800 clear none 23:00 53 19 7 242 (WSW) 863 clear none 00:00 54 21 8 224 (SW) 868 clear none 01:00 54 21 11 235 (SW) 854 clear none 02:00 53 19 7 262 (W) 737 clear none 03:00 52 15 7 263 (W) 461 clear none 04:00 52 16 11 292 (WNW) 427 clear none 05:00 52 15 11 298 (WNW) 303 clear none 06:00 53 14 11 287 (WNW) 299 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