Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20181005 From: dembicky@apo.nmsu.edu Date: Sat, 6 Oct 2018 11:57:38 +0000 (UTC) Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Friday, October 05, 2018 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- D.Chojnowski D.Chojnowski ECHELLE 18:51 19:48 T.Thuan T.Thuan DIS 19:51 21:40 M.Kilic A.Kosakowaski DIS --:-- --:-- T.Murphy R.McMillan APOLLO --:-- --:-- INST SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B D B ---------------------------------------------------------------- NM01/R 18:51 19:51 0 0 0 0 1.0 0.0 0 0 UV03/R 19:51 00:40 3.0 0 0 0 1.8 0.0 0 0 OU03/R 00:40 05:52 3.4 1.8 0 0 0.0 0.0 0 0 AP01/R 05:52 06:52 0 1.0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: J.Dembicky Clouds shut us down around 21:40, some rain showers after and then radar returns the remainder of the night with threatening weather nearby and on and off rain during the 2nd half. ------- 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 19:03 ecamera 594( 242) 111 75 13.6 15.7 16.1 15.6 13.8 ND4 1.00 19:55 dcamera 577( 1011) -30 54 13.7 14.3 14.8 13.9 13.8 -- 1.10 ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:00 62 29 21 258 (WSW) 180 clear none 17:00 62 31 22 251 (WSW) 130 clear none 18:00 60 31 14 259 (W) 108 clear none 19:00 56 33 18 259 (W) 103 clear none 20:00 57 34 14 226 (SW) 123 mstly clr none 21:00 57 34 14 235 (SW) 152 ptly cldy lt rain 22:00 56 35 14 260 (W) 276 mstly cldy lt rain 23:00 56 35 10 258 (WSW) 336 cloudy none 00:00 55 35 7 263 (W) 261 cloudy rain 01:00 54 36 9 215 (SW) 299 mstly cldy none 02:00 54 34 8 237 (WSW) 246 mstly cldy none 03:00 51 40 8 191 (S) 366 mstly cldy none 04:00 50 40 13 204 (SSW) 413 cloudy rain 05:00 48 41 13 180 (S) cloudy rain 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