Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20170402 From: mcmillan@apo.nmsu.edu Date: Mon, 3 Apr 2017 12:29:03 +0000 (UTC) Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Sunday, April 02, 2017 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- T.Murphy R.McMillan APOLLO 19:29 20:32 A.Youngblood A.Youngblood DIS 20:35 01:02 C.Sakari C.Sakari ECHELLE 01:15 05:55 INST SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B D B ---------------------------------------------------------------- AP01/O 19:33 20:33 0 0 0 0 0.0 1.0 0 0 CU06/R 20:33 01:10 0 0 0 0 0.0 4.6 0 0 UW05/R 01:10 06:40 0 0 0 0 4.9 0.6 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: R.McMillan There were a few puffy clouds around sunset, but for the most part the night was clear with good seeing. APOLLO had a very good run, and all was peaceful with both telescopes all night. ------- 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 19:35 APOLLO 760( 1327) -31 71 2.4 3.4 3.5 3.5 3.2 530 1.20 20:42 dcamera 797( 430) -71 48 2.5 2.5 2.9 2.5 2.6 - 1.36 22:42 dcamera 818( 454) 108 53 2.8 2.6 3.1 2.8 2.7 - 1.21 01:23 ecamera 923( -505) 242 64 2.9 2.4 2.7 2.6 2.7 ND1 1.06 ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:00 36 21 9 342 (NNW) 819 ptly cldy none 17:00 36 20 19 312 (NW) 790 ptly cldy none 18:00 38 22 10 302 (WNW) 760 ptly cldy none 19:00 38 22 19 311 (NW) 839 mstly clr none 20:00 36 22 19 278 (W) 864 clear none 21:00 37 21 18 296 (WNW) 1204 mstly clr none 22:00 38 21 14 273 (W) 1240 clear none 23:00 37 20 17 280 (W) 1449 clear none 00:00 36 20 18 289 (WNW) 1525 clear none 01:00 37 20 21 304 (NW) 1499 clear none 02:00 37 20 21 317 (NW) 1385 clear none 03:00 36 22 23 319 (NW) 1676 clear none 04:00 36 23 21 291 (WNW) 1535 clear none 05:00 35 24 14 305 (NW) 1555 clear none 06:00 35 25 19 298 (WNW) 1582 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