Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20180118 From: trudyk@apo.nmsu.edu Date: Fri, 19 Jan 2018 13:59:27 +0000 (UTC) Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Thursday, January 18, 2018 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- P.Szkody P.Szkody DIS 17:32 23:34 D.Chojnowski D.Chojnowski ECHELLE 23:38 00:08 D.Bizyaev D.Bizyaev ARCTIC 00:18 06:55 INST SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B D B ---------------------------------------------------------------- UW09/R 17:32 23:40 0 0 0 0 4.6 1.6 0 0 NM04/R 23:40 00:10 0 0 0 0 0.5 0.0 0 0 NM09/R 00:10 06:56 0 0 0 0 6.8 0.0 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: T.Rudyk Evening started partly cloudy, then the clouds blew out. It was a little hazy until around midnight, then that seemed to blow out as well. Seeing started fair but got good after midnight. Gcam needed a restart around midnight, though it was good on checkout. All programs got their full times. ------- 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 18:44 dcamera 636( 584) 20 71 2.1 4.9 4.3 5.0 3.3 - 1.54 00:44 ecamera 383( -645) 47 42 2.9 2.1 2.7 2.0 2.5 ND1 1.09 01:28 arctic 500( 452) -23 53 2.2 1.9 2.5 1.9 2.2 SDSS_r 0.80 ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:00 39 2 10 10 (N) 303 ptly cldy none 17:00 38 0 2 22 (NNE) 208 mstly clr none 18:00 36 -7 6 0 (N) 60 mstly clr none 19:00 37 -8 10 18 (NNE) 31 mstly clr none 20:00 36 -11 15 20 (NNE) 37 mstly clr none 21:00 38 -10 9 357 (N) 60 mstly clr none 22:00 38 -8 13 351 (N) 168 mstly clr none 23:00 39 -8 12 357 (N) 141 mstly clr none 00:00 36 -9 11 15 (NNE) 45 clear none 01:00 38 -7 10 347 (NNW) 107 clear none 02:00 36 -4 6 348 (NNW) 140 clear none 03:00 37 6 12 340 (NNW) 279 clear none 04:00 38 3 12 331 (NNW) 273 clear none 05:00 39 -1 8 1 (N) 228 clear none 06:00 38 1 10 323 (NW) 255 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: 1.2.4 Current TUI version: 2.6.0