Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20170415 From: mcmillan@apo.nmsu.edu Date: Sun, 16 Apr 2017 12:42:48 +0000 (UTC) Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Saturday, April 15, 2017 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- M.Bentz C.Roberts DIS 19:50 01:03 R.Wyse K.Hawkins ECHELLE 01:08 04:14 K.McGouldrick C.Gray,K.McGouldrick ECHELLE 04:15 06:23 INST SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B D B ---------------------------------------------------------------- GS01/R 19:42 01:10 0 0 0 0 3.9 1.6 0 0 JH02/R 01:10 04:19 0 0 0 0 0.0 3.1 0 0 CU02/R 04:19 06:19 0 0 0 0 0.0 2.0 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: R.McMillan Clear all night with good to excellent seeing. Telescope(s) and instruments worked well. Observer M.Prescott was onsite for training and found another readout mystery to investigate on ARCTIC. ------- 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 20:03 dcamera 814( 991) 122 64 10.7 13.2 13.0 12.7 12.6 - 1.40 01:20 ecamera 833( -209) 5 67 10.4 10.0 10.7 10.0 10.1 ND3 0.62 ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:00 56 12 14 270 (W) 1316 clear none 17:00 58 13 16 283 (WNW) 1540 clear none 18:00 57 13 14 266 (W) 1407 clear none 19:00 55 9 11 265 (W) 1773 clear none 20:00 51 8 9 236 (SW) 1608 clear none 21:00 52 9 10 254 (WSW) 1538 clear none 22:00 52 9 7 263 (W) 1642 clear none 23:00 52 9 9 264 (W) 1683 clear none 00:00 51 9 8 265 (W) 1787 clear none 01:00 52 8 10 265 (W) 1974 clear none 02:00 50 6 10 284 (WNW) 2172 clear none 03:00 49 8 10 276 (W) 2152 clear none 04:00 49 8 9 276 (W) 2227 clear none 05:00 49 6 13 294 (WNW) 2253 clear none 06:00 49 5 11 275 (W) 2393 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