Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20170426 From: trudyk@apo.nmsu.edu Date: Thu, 27 Apr 2017 12:02:06 +0000 (UTC) Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Wednesday, April 26, 2017 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- A.Mukadam A.Mukadam Agile 19:46 01:08 B.Morris B.Morris ARCTIC 01:11 05:23 INST SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B D B ---------------------------------------------------------------- UW10/R 19:50 01:10 0 0 0 0 5.0 0.4 0 0 UW01/R 01:10 06:11 0.8 0 0 0 4.2 0.0 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: T.Rudyk The night started partly cloudy with some wind. The wind died down around midnight, and the clouds gradually gave way to clear skies. Clouds began to come in around 04:00. Clouds thickened considerably by 05:00, and the observer gave up due to clouds at 05:23. ------- 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 20:18 AGILE 856(-1304) 51 51 7.1 7.5 7.5 7.4 7.3 BG40 2.05 01:16 arctic 800( 790) 130 31 6.4 6.2 6.8 6.2 6.1 SDSS-r 1.79 ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:00 49 12 13 265 (W) 336 ptly cldy none 17:00 50 11 14 272 (W) 302 ptly cldy none 18:00 48 12 15 257 (WSW) 326 ptly cldy none 19:00 45 11 10 237 (WSW) 458 ptly cldy none 20:00 44 11 22 225 (SW) 631 mstly clr none 21:00 45 9 19 241 (WSW) 775 mstly clr none 22:00 46 11 22 253 (WSW) 546 mstly clr none 23:00 46 12 14 262 (W) 672 clear none 00:00 44 12 15 262 (W) 694 clear none 01:00 43 14 14 243 (WSW) 695 clear none 02:00 43 14 12 264 (W) 627 clear none 03:00 42 14 15 243 (WSW) 619 clear none 04:00 42 15 10 266 (W) 668 ptly cldy none 05:00 42 17 8 262 (W) 514 mstly cldy none 06:00 43 19 10 238 (WSW) 469 mstly cldy 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