Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20181110 From: dembicky@apo.nmsu.edu Date: Sun, 11 Nov 2018 13:00:24 +0000 (UTC) Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Saturday, November 10, 2018 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- P.Gaulme A.Hedlund, J.McKeaver Echelle 17:14 23:00 G.Stringfellow G.Stringfellow TripleSpec 23:03 00:07 M.Crenshaw M.Crenshaw, GSU class DIS 00:15 06:21 INST SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B D B ---------------------------------------------------------------- NM02/R 17:14 23:10 0 0 0 0 3.4 2.5 0 0 CU07/R 23:10 00:10 0 0 0 0 1.0 0.0 0 0 GS01/O 00:10 06:21 0 0 0 0 6.2 0.0 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: J.Dembicky GSU class: C.Pope, M.Revalski GSU trainees for 3.5m: F.Martinez, B.Meena Night went well. We had pesky local clouds show up around 23:00 and hung around for most of the rest of the night. They seemed to be forming and disapating over the site. ------- 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 17:33 ecamera 954( -25) 235 65 2.6 3.4 2.5 3.6 3.0 ND5 1.00 19:45 ecamera 650( -409) 233 45 2.3 1.6 2.3 1.8 2.0 clear 1.20 23:09 tcamera 834( 840) 248 54 2.6 2.0 2.7 2.5 2.7 Ks 1.00 00:26 dcamera 698( 496) 150 65 2.8 2.0 2.8 2.4 2.6 -- 1.25 ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:00 41 31 14 268 (W) clear none 17:00 38 29 13 263 (W) 186 clear none 18:00 36 29 14 269 (W) 179 clear none 19:00 36 28 17 268 (W) 166 clear none 20:00 36 24 21 263 (W) 166 clear none 21:00 37 20 21 274 (W) 131 clear none 22:00 37 22 25 275 (W) 178 mstly clr none 23:00 37 23 16 271 (W) 156 ptly cldy none 00:00 37 25 19 268 (W) 181 ptly cldy none 01:00 37 28 19 267 (W) 227 ptly cldy none 02:00 37 29 19 268 (W) 219 ptly cldy none 03:00 36 29 13 272 (W) 304 ptly cldy none 04:00 35 29 14 266 (W) mstly clr none 05:00 35 27 13 265 (W) mstly clr 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