Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20170706 From: trudyk@apo.nmsu.edu Date: Fri, 7 Jul 2017 12:14:39 +0000 (UTC) Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Thursday, July 06, 2017 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- N.Schneider C.Gray,C.Schmidt DIS 20:24 01:05 S.Silverberg E.Rich DIS 01:14 05:00 INST SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B D B ---------------------------------------------------------------- CU05/R 20:24 01:10 0 0 0 0 0.0 4.8 0 0 OU01/R 01:10 05:53 0.9 0 0 0 0.0 3.8 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: T.Rudyk Cesare Grava was also an observer for CU05. Evening started clear, but with strong winds from the east, and poor seeing. Winds died down by 23:00, but the seeing continued to be bad. Humidity began to rise around 04:30. We closed at 05:00 due to high humidity. Up until 05:00 all programs got their 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 20:24 dcamera 421( 1183) -113 14 16.2 19.9 20.3 19.6 18.8 ND3 1.78 20:56 dcamera 529( 1153) -57 51 15.7 18.0 18.7 17.5 16.7 ND3 1.50 01:33 dcamera 469( 786) -151 54 11.6 12.0 12.8 12.2 11.9 - 1.88 ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:00 73 39 10 74 (ENE) 582 ptly cldy none 17:00 70 38 10 52 (NE) 557 ptly cldy none 18:00 71 41 11 78 (ENE) 625 ptly cldy none 19:00 66 41 16 70 (ENE) 689 ptly cldy none 20:00 63 42 15 91 (E) 620 mstly clr none 21:00 60 43 24 81 (E) 634 clear none 22:00 59 44 19 83 (E) 645 clear none 23:00 57 43 9 93 (E) clear none 00:00 55 45 1 155 (SSE) clear none 01:00 54 47 8 126 (SE) clear none 02:00 54 46 12 93 (E) clear none 03:00 54 46 10 81 (E) clear none 04:00 52 47 12 85 (E) clear none 05:00 51 47 18 75 (ENE) clear humid 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