Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20170911 From: trudyk@apo.nmsu.edu Date: Tue, 12 Sep 2017 12:22:38 +0000 (UTC) Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Monday, September 11, 2017 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- S.Tuttle T.Dorn-Wallenstein Arctic 19:23 22:53 Margaret Lazzarini B.Morris B.Morris Arctic 22:54 03:53 B.Morris B.Morris ECHELLE 03:55 06:15 INST SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B D B ---------------------------------------------------------------- UW02/R 19:23 22:50 0 0 0 0 3.5 0.0 0 0 UW01/R 22:50 06:37 0 0 0 0 0.4 7.4 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: T.Rudyk Beautiful night. Aside from echelle-icc getting a bit warm (PR sent), everything worked fine, and the weather was great. Low to no wind, good seeing, and transparent skies all night long. ------- 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 20:13 arctic 305( 1047) 23 52 15.1 17.4 17.3 16.9 15.2 CU H-alpha 1.14 20:24 ecamera 227( -56) 19 53 14.6 16.8 16.9 16.3 14.8 ND3 1.08 21:07 arctic 317( 971) 1 55 14.4 15.7 16.0 15.2 14.6 CU H-alpha 0.90 22:31 ecamera 239( -177) 77 77 14.6 14.5 15.1 14.2 14.3 clear 0.91 04:03 ecamera 262( -214) 182 66 13.2 13.3 14.1 13.3 13.1 ND2 1.25 ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:00 64 36 10 240 (WSW) clear none 17:00 68 35 5 204 (SSW) clear none 18:00 66 33 5 259 (W) clear none 19:00 61 31 5 259 (W) clear none 20:00 59 29 5 183 (S) clear none 21:00 57 30 8 138 (SE) clear none 22:00 58 31 5 147 (SSE) clear none 23:00 59 30 1 150 (SSE) clear none 00:00 59 29 2 299 (WNW) clear none 01:00 58 29 6 351 (N) clear none 02:00 58 27 7 357 (N) clear none 03:00 58 29 1 356 (N) clear none 04:00 56 30 1 334 (NNW) clear none 05:00 56 30 2 342 (NNW) clear none 06:00 57 28 1 244 (WSW) 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