Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20170712 From: dembicky@apo.nmsu.edu Date: Thu, 13 Jul 2017 11:32:00 +0000 (UTC) Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Wednesday, July 12, 2017 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- M.Kaiser B.Morris TSPEC 20:05 05:07 INST SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B D B ---------------------------------------------------------------- JH04/R 20:22 05:56 0 0 0 0 2.2 7.4 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: J.Dembicky power glitch at 02:49 stopping the drives Another power glitch at 02:57, again stopping the drives DIS mounted for pinhole tests today. DIS red camera running at 184.5K this morning, setpoint 190.0K No problems other than the 2 power glitches. ------- 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 20:04 tcamera 574( 1349) 154 56 16.3 17.1 17.4 17.2 17.0 Ks 1.20 ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:00 71 50 7 226 (SW) 1720 cloudy rain 17:00 56 32 13 157 (SSE) 1722 cloudy lt rain 18:00 61 31 6 177 (S) 1038 mstly cldy none 19:00 64 31 5 171 (S) 1073 ptly cldy none 20:00 62 30 11 148 (SSE) 1577 ptly cldy none 21:00 62 30 8 167 (SSE) 1645 ptly cldy none 22:00 62 28 7 181 (S) 1736 ptly cldy none 23:00 60 28 16 154 (SSE) 1347 ptly cldy none 00:00 59 29 16 141 (SE) 1342 mstly clr none 01:00 59 29 10 178 (S) 1279 mstly clr none 02:00 56 27 11 129 (SE) 1132 ptly cldy none 03:00 56 28 10 117 (ESE) 1014 mstly clr none 04:00 57 28 7 126 (SE) 1071 mstly clr none 05:00 57 28 6 91 (E) 1143 mstly clr 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