Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20170519 From: trudyk@apo.nmsu.edu Date: Sat, 20 May 2017 12:21:50 +0000 (UTC) Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Friday, May 19, 2017 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- N.Chanover E.Dahl NAIC 20:02 01:00 P.Gaulme J.McKeever,M.Benbakoura Echelle 01:04 04:32 B.Morris J.Davenport Echelle 04:32 05:07 T.Murphy R.McMillan APOLLO 05:09 05:53 INST SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B D B ---------------------------------------------------------------- NM01/R 20:07 01:10 0 0 0 0 5.1 0.0 0 0 NM02/R 01:10 04:32 0 0 0 0 1.4 2.0 0 0 UW01/R/D 04:32 05:07 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.6 0 0 AP01/R 04:52 05:52 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.7 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: T.Rudyk Night started out clear and calm, with low dust. Seeing was fair to ok tending toward good by midnight. It was a very quiet night, with perfect weather and no mishaps. All programs got their full runs, with AP01 ceding some time for a ToO for UW01. ------- 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 20:22 naic 393( 1210) 76 51 7.7 9.0 8.8 8.7 8.6 600 1.40 01:12 ecamera 382( -461) -17 65 6.8 6.1 6.7 6.0 6.0 ND3 1.02 05:12 APOLLO 450( 1282) 85 29 3.6 4.0 4.6 3.9 3.8 530 1.20 ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:00 48 12 8 260 (W) 291 clear none 17:00 51 15 17 256 (WSW) 285 clear none 18:00 50 13 12 298 (WNW) 330 clear none 19:00 50 15 5 264 (W) 353 clear none 20:00 46 13 7 264 (W) 357 clear none 21:00 46 12 6 208 (SSW) 360 clear none 22:00 45 12 9 219 (SW) 361 clear none 23:00 45 13 3 257 (WSW) 386 clear none 00:00 44 13 6 282 (WNW) 275 clear none 01:00 44 13 1 190 (S) 257 clear none 02:00 43 13 8 160 (SSE) 284 clear none 03:00 42 13 6 159 (SSE) 331 clear none 04:00 40 14 7 189 (S) 351 clear none 05:00 40 14 6 184 (S) 310 clear none 06:00 38 14 7 237 (WSW) 282 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