Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20181006 From: mcmillan@apo.nmsu.edu Date: Sun, 7 Oct 2018 11:55:17 +0000 (UTC) Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Saturday, October 06, 2018 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- P.Nedialkov P.Nedialkov DIS 19:30 05:30 INST SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B D B ---------------------------------------------------------------- UW02/R 18:50 06:53 0 1.4 0 0 10.4 0.2 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: R.McMillan We struggled with clouds off and on during the night, but seeing was quite good and we were able to stay open most of the night until humidity rose near morning twilight. The observer was able to get some useful-looking spectra with DIS despite its problems. ------- 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 20:03 dcamera 650( 1018) 88 66 12.4 13.1 13.3 13.1 12.6 - 1.06 ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:00 59 43 21 216 (SW) 185 mstly cldy none 17:00 56 42 17 232 (SW) 201 mstly cldy none 18:00 57 42 19 202 (SSW) 189 ptly cldy none 19:00 54 42 17 202 (SSW) ptly cldy none 20:00 54 42 17 189 (S) ptly cldy none 21:00 53 41 17 203 (SSW) ptly cldy none 22:00 53 37 18 200 (SSW) mstly clr none 23:00 52 35 17 198 (SSW) ptly cldy none 00:00 51 38 21 202 (SSW) mstly clr none 01:00 50 38 21 194 (SSW) mstly clr none 02:00 50 38 26 193 (SSW) ptly cldy none 03:00 49 40 21 199 (SSW) 355 ptly cldy none 04:00 47 41 27 212 (SSW) mstly clr none 05:00 46 42 31 199 (SSW) ptly cldy humid 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