Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20170522 From: trudyk@apo.nmsu.edu Date: Tue, 23 May 2017 12:05:52 +0000 (UTC) Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Monday, May 22, 2017 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- K.Leighly D.Terndrup,J.Choi DIS 20:09 23:00 M.Hammergren K.Nault ARCTIC 23:14 01:09 C.Kolobow C.Kolobow,E.Perlman ARCTIC 01:10 05:25 INST SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B D B ---------------------------------------------------------------- OU03/R 20:09 23:10 0 0 0 0 3.0 0.0 0 0 AD02/R 23:10 01:10 0 0 0 0 2.0 0.0 0 0 JH05/O 01:10 05:51 0 0 0 0 3.3 1.3 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: T.Rudyk Evening started out mostly clear. Arcast had another Maxim crash that caused the machine to reboot. Skies cleared and stayed clear with moderately good seeing. Jack logged on and helped Karen with Arcsat while I trainied the John Hopkins observers. It was clear and we were open for the duration of all programs. ------- 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 21:01 dcamera 504( 887) 231 71 13.0 13.5 13.8 13.2 13.2 - 1.21 23:23 arctic 619( 1095) 240 46 12.2 12.1 12.7 12.1 12.0 SDSS-r 0.88 01:16 arctic 582( 1000) -17 56 11.3 11.1 11.7 11.1 11.0 SDSS-r 1.26 ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:00 60 25 9 273 (W) 863 ptly cldy none 17:00 56 25 13 343 (NNW) 653 mstly clr none 18:00 56 23 15 332 (NNW) 780 mstly clr none 19:00 56 18 14 319 (NW) 530 mstly clr none 20:00 56 18 22 307 (NW) 482 clear none 21:00 55 18 17 302 (WNW) 475 clear none 22:00 56 18 29 303 (WNW) 472 clear none 23:00 54 15 11 12 (NNE) 405 clear none 00:00 53 12 12 37 (NE) 300 clear none 01:00 53 11 18 16 (NNE) 342 clear none 02:00 52 15 1 60 (ENE) 307 clear none 03:00 50 18 9 9 (N) 315 clear none 04:00 50 17 10 6 (N) 231 clear none 05:00 49 18 16 0 (N) 244 clear none 06:00 48 18 7 335 (NNW) 243 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