Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20181026 From: cgray@apo.nmsu.edu Date: Sat, 27 Oct 2018 13:16:57 +0000 (UTC) Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Friday, October 26, 2018 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- P.Gaulme J.McKeever Echelle 18:26 00:03 T.Murphy R.McMillan, T.Murphy APOLLO 00:08 01:08 Y.Zhu X.Zhang,D.Ren PAO 01:12 05:45 INST SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B D B ---------------------------------------------------------------- NM02/R 18:26 00:10 0 0 0 0 1.6 4.1 0 0 AP01/R 00:10 01:10 0 0 0 0 0.0 1.0 0 0 NI01/R 01:10 07:08 0 0 0 0 0.0 6.0 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: C.Gray What's this? A clear night with no problems? INCONCEIVABLE! Let me explain. No, there is too much, let me sum up. We opened to clear skies and good seeing and everyone got their time. At midnight, the moon insulted our honor. What else could be done but to say "Hello. My name is Russet McMillan. You killed my nap. Prepare to die," and shoot it with a laser? I was suffering from fatigue all A half (but I had been mostly-dead all day due to telecons), however working in the dome with the visiting instrument helped wake me up. We spent 2 hours in up in the cold. In the wind. Is that wind? Or is that the shrieking eels? They always grow louder when they're about to feed on human flesh! I could hardly feel my fingers by the end and of my face nothing as all as I did not wear my mask (people in masks cannot be trusted). But as they say, life is pain, anyone who says differently is selling something. The NI01 team got some good data, regardless of their suffering. I do not envy the exhaustion they will have come Sunday, but for now, they can rest well and dream of large photons. It is strange, I have been in the rain business so long, now that it's over, I don't know what to do with the rest of my night. Sleep I suppose, I dare say I would not make for a wonderful Dread Pirate Roberts. And besides, if you haven't got your health, then you haven't got anything. No problems tonight. As you wish. ------- 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 17:40 ecamera 766( 4) 223 75 5.6 7.8 7.4 7.3 6.1 -- 1.18 18:54 ecamera 698( -148) 244 62 5.9 6.0 6.4 5.7 5.8 -- 0.78 23:12 APOLLO 625( 1558) 80 45 6.6 6.3 6.7 6.5 6.6 530 1.30 03:01 pao 200(-1093) -18 53 6.2 5.9 6.4 6.0 6.2 -- 1.70 ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:00 45 29 6 270 (W) 17 clear none 17:00 44 30 8 28 (NNE) 11 clear none 18:00 43 29 12 307 (NW) 19 clear none 19:00 42 29 5 353 (N) 2 clear none 20:00 43 29 10 26 (NNE) 7 clear none 21:00 42 29 12 346 (NNW) 11 clear none 22:00 43 27 15 20 (NNE) 18 clear none 23:00 44 27 23 16 (NNE) 12 clear none 00:00 44 27 11 0 (N) 14 clear none 01:00 44 24 26 19 (NNE) 31 clear none 02:00 44 24 23 14 (NNE) 46 clear none 03:00 44 21 27 23 (NNE) 70 clear none 04:00 44 18 22 15 (NNE) 40 clear none 05:00 46 18 15 35 (NE) 68 clear none 06:00 46 15 10 14 (NNE) 2 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