Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20170530 From: dembicky@apo.nmsu.edu Date: Wed, 31 May 2017 10:11:38 +0000 (UTC) Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Tuesday, May 30, 2017 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- P.Szkody P.Szkody DIS --:-- --:-- D.Bizyaev D.Bizyaev DIS --:-- --:-- INST SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B D B ---------------------------------------------------------------- UW09/R 20:14 01:10 0.3 4.6 0 0 0.0 0.0 0 0 NM07/O 01:10 05:47 4.6 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: J.Dembicky Rain at the start of the night then clouds. Rain was just to our west all night though. Dust shot up around midnight and the humidity also climbed to just below the closure limit. Clouds kept us closed all night otherwise. ------- 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:00 64 37 15 198 (SSW) cloudy none 17:00 57 33 7 90 (E) cloudy rain 18:00 50 36 25 65 (ENE) 737 cloudy lt rain 19:00 53 34 11 84 (E) 850 cloudy none 20:00 51 34 14 80 (E) 795 cloudy none 21:00 49 37 12 105 (ESE) 892 cloudy none 22:00 49 42 13 114 (ESE) 1438 cloudy none 23:00 50 37 10 127 (SE) 1248 cloudy none 00:00 47 41 2 174 (S) 1221 cloudy dust 01:00 46 42 4 156 (SSE) cloudy dust 02:00 47 43 7 160 (SSE) cloudy dust 03:00 47 42 2 143 (SE) cloudy dust 04:00 46 42 6 127 (SE) cloudy dust 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