Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20170518 From: dembicky@apo.nmsu.edu Date: Fri, 19 May 2017 11:43:00 +0000 (UTC) Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Thursday, May 18, 2017 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- N.Schneider C.Schmidt DIS 22:20 01:06 M.Kaiser M.Morris ECHELLE 01:15 07:10 INST SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B D B ---------------------------------------------------------------- CU03/R 20:06 01:10 2.3 0 0 0 2.8 0.0 0 0 JH04/R 01:10 05:53 0 0 0 0 0.8 3.9 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: J.Dembicky Other than clouds, no problems tonight. I did not take IOL measurements at the end of night since my observer needed to take their cals. ------- 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 21:30 dcamera 425( 579) 123 55 7.9 8.8 9.0 8.9 8.4 -- 1.90 00:25 ecamera 518( -277) 159 61 6.9 7.0 7.5 7.0 6.9 ND2 1.20 ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:00 49 25 19 250 (WSW) 1144 ptly cldy none 17:00 49 23 26 260 (W) 1257 mstly cldy none 18:00 51 22 19 265 (W) 1365 cloudy none 19:00 50 22 22 266 (W) 1283 cloudy none 20:00 47 22 11 265 (W) 1199 cloudy none 21:00 47 23 14 271 (W) 1281 cloudy none 22:00 47 22 10 303 (WNW) 1632 mstly clr none 23:00 46 22 14 278 (W) 2003 mstly clr none 00:00 46 22 15 280 (W) 1977 clear none 01:00 45 22 12 275 (W) 1830 clear none 02:00 45 22 20 254 (WSW) 1675 mstly clr none 03:00 44 20 13 265 (W) 1456 mstly cldy none 04:00 43 22 17 248 (WSW) 1591 mstly cldy none 05:00 43 23 21 237 (WSW) 1377 ptly 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