Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20180127 From: mcmillan@apo.nmsu.edu Date: Sun, 28 Jan 2018 13:55:43 +0000 (UTC) Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Saturday, January 27, 2018 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- R.Wyse K.Hawkins ECHELLE 17:45 22:58 T.Murphy R.McMillan APOLLO 23:05 00:08 D.Gies K.Lester ECHELLE 00:12 06:40 INST SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B D B ---------------------------------------------------------------- JH03/R 17:40 23:10 0 0 0 0 0.0 5.5 0 0 AP01/O 23:10 00:10 0 0 0 0 0.0 1.0 0 0 GS04/R 00:10 06:52 0 0 0 0 2.8 3.9 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: R.McMillan We had a lovely clear night with mostly quite good seeing (although it was a little variable). Everything worked well, it was very peaceful and productive. ------- 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 18:00 ecamera 453( -599) 214 51 -0.6 1.7 1.4 1.2 0.0 ND2 1.32 23:20 APOLLO 425( 1030) -75 55 1.1 0.1 0.6 0.3 0.9 530 1.30 ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:00 33 2 10 311 (NW) 652 clear none 17:00 33 2 0 286 (WNW) 654 clear none 18:00 31 0 2 340 (NNW) 755 clear none 19:00 31 -1 14 34 (NE) 742 clear none 20:00 30 -9 8 15 (NNE) 492 clear none 21:00 32 -12 16 31 (NNE) 436 clear none 22:00 32 -11 7 5 (N) 389 clear none 23:00 35 -12 20 32 (NNE) 488 clear none 00:00 33 -12 15 30 (NNE) 481 clear none 01:00 33 -11 13 26 (NNE) 428 clear none 02:00 34 -8 11 38 (NE) 401 clear none 03:00 36 -10 6 77 (ENE) 326 clear none 04:00 35 -6 12 26 (NNE) 255 clear none 05:00 35 1 10 9 (N) 159 clear none 06:00 34 -5 16 13 (NNE) 385 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