Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20170615 From: trudyk@apo.nmsu.edu Date: Fri, 16 Jun 2017 12:28:16 +0000 (UTC) Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Thursday, June 15, 2017 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- D.Bizyaev D.Bizyaev Arctic 20:20 01:09 S.Hasselquist S.Hasselquist ECHELLE 01:13 05:46 INST SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B D B ---------------------------------------------------------------- NM07/R 20:22 01:10 0 0 0 0 4.2 0.6 0 0 NM08/R 01:10 05:46 0 0 0 0 0.0 4.6 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: T.Rudyk Evening started clear with some thin clouds to the south which quickly evaporated a few hours after sunset. Seeing was very good all night. Ecam was acting erratically during checkout, but did not act up during NM08's program. All programs got their full time. ------- 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 20:59 arctic 508( 1470) 256 73 20.8 21.9 22.0 21.3 21.4 SDSS-r 0.63 01:20 ecamera 421( 233) 271 71 19.5 18.9 19.6 18.9 19.0 ND1 0.77 ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:00 75 30 12 243 (WSW) 459 clear none 17:00 80 35 11 265 (W) 504 clear none 18:00 76 33 15 255 (WSW) 507 clear none 19:00 73 29 7 265 (W) 561 clear none 20:00 70 26 8 284 (WNW) 611 clear none 21:00 70 26 7 264 (W) 551 clear none 22:00 68 24 13 268 (W) 642 clear none 23:00 68 23 11 263 (W) 533 clear none 00:00 67 23 9 273 (W) 429 clear none 01:00 66 22 11 292 (WNW) 430 clear none 02:00 67 23 9 283 (WNW) 320 clear none 03:00 67 22 11 298 (WNW) 547 clear none 04:00 66 23 8 355 (N) 930 clear none 05:00 67 24 8 352 (N) 477 clear none 06:00 65 21 10 3 (N) 712 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