Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20170323 From: dembicky@apo.nmsu.edu Date: Fri, 24 Mar 2017 11:17:53 +0000 (UTC) Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Thursday, March 23, 2017 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- M.Kilic M.Kilic Agile --:-- --:-- C.Gray C.Gray, C.Schmidt DIS --:-- --:-- INST SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B D B ---------------------------------------------------------------- DD06/R 19:26 01:10 5.7 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0 0 NM02/R 01:10 06:53 3.6 2.1 0 0 0.0 0.0 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: J.Dembicky We had dust, wind and clouds to kept us close for most of the 1st half. We opened at 00:30 and just after I focused (00:40) the clouds formed on us again. Clouds and humidity for the remainder of the night. We never got on sky for science for either half. ------- 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 23:42 AGILE 100(-2556) 43 70 -4.1 -2.0 0.4 -2.2 -2.8 BG40 2.25 ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:00 37 29 20 249 (WSW) 40677 cloudy dust 17:00 35 25 24 262 (W) 14030 cloudy dust 18:00 34 17 31 271 (W) 24239 mstly cldy dust 19:00 32 11 25 269 (W) mstly cldy dust 20:00 29 17 30 268 (W) 8058 mstly cldy dust 21:00 27 17 33 268 (W) 2706 mstly cldy dust 22:00 25 18 30 286 (WNW) 30753 mstly cldy dust 23:00 25 18 15 272 (W) 3922 mstly cldy none 00:00 25 17 18 276 (W) 2220 ptly cldy none 01:00 25 16 18 269 (W) 1653 cloudy none 02:00 25 17 22 282 (WNW) 2901 cloudy dust 03:00 24 18 20 279 (W) 26609 cloudy dust 04:00 24 19 19 263 (W) cloudy humid 05:00 23 22 18 265 (W) cloudy humid 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