Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20180125 From: dembicky@apo.nmsu.edu Date: Fri, 26 Jan 2018 14:27:50 +0000 (UTC) Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Thursday, January 25, 2018 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- T.Dorn-Wallenstein T.Dorn-Wallenstein DIS 16:50 23:15 D.Chojnowski D.Chojnowski ECHELLE 23:15 00:10 M.Omiya M.Omiya DIS 00:10 07:22 INST SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B D B ---------------------------------------------------------------- UW03/R 17:38 23:40 0 0 0 0 0.0 6.0 0 0 NM04/R 23:40 00:10 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.5 0 0 DD01/O 00:10 06:53 0 0 0 0 4.9 1.8 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: J.Dembicky Again tonight the telescope did not initially move in Alt. An axis init of just alt axis fixed the issue. 1st half observer finished a few minutes ahead of schedule. NM04 program used the extra time. No problems tonight, other than pesky clouds. ------- 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 18:01 dcamera 568( 375) 137 54 -0.3 2.0 2.3 1.6 0.0 -- 1.80 19:34 dcamera 411( 109) 206 61 -0.1 -0.0 0.6 -0.3 -0.2 -- 1.16 00:16 dcamera 481( 226) 332 51 1.1 0.8 1.1 0.9 1.3 -- 1.20 ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:00 39 12 12 231 (SW) 1007 clear none 17:00 35 11 13 237 (WSW) 983 mstly clr none 18:00 32 11 14 213 (SSW) 1180 mstly clr none 19:00 32 11 20 220 (SW) 1188 mstly clr none 20:00 33 6 19 229 (SW) 1077 mstly clr none 21:00 33 6 15 234 (SW) 984 mstly clr none 22:00 34 5 18 224 (SW) 978 mstly clr none 23:00 34 6 19 252 (WSW) 1016 mstly clr none 00:00 34 6 22 257 (WSW) 1335 mstly clr none 01:00 34 6 19 267 (W) 1105 ptly cldy none 02:00 31 9 18 256 (WSW) 1476 ptly cldy none 03:00 33 8 22 236 (SW) 1176 ptly cldy none 04:00 33 6 17 254 (WSW) 1081 ptly cldy none 05:00 32 5 18 247 (WSW) 1002 ptly cldy none 06:00 32 5 14 268 (W) 966 ptly cldy 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