Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20181102 From: trudyk@apo.nmsu.edu Date: Sat, 3 Nov 2018 12:34:32 +0000 (UTC) Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Friday, November 02, 2018 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- P.Gaulme A.Hedlund echelle 18:20 00:09 G.Stringfellow G.Stringfellow TripleSpec 00:12 01:02 T.Marriage M.Hilton NICFPS 01:15 06:25 INST SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B D B ---------------------------------------------------------------- NM02/R 18:20 00:10 0 0 0 0 5.8 0.0 0 0 CU07/R 00:10 01:10 0 0 0 0 1.0 0.0 0 0 JH04/R 01:10 07:14 0 0 0 0 1.8 4.2 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: T.Rudyk Another clear night! Winds were low, and seeing was good. Some clouds started to roll in around 03:00. The clouds did not deter us, and we remained open for the night. ------- 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 18:41 ecamera 800( -81) 93 56 3.2 5.1 4.2 4.9 3.9 ND5 1.05 19:44 ecamera 800( -165) 244 59 3.6 3.7 3.9 3.6 3.6 ND2 0.72 22:57 ecamera 576( -336) 241 30 4.9 4.2 4.4 4.5 5.1 ND2 1.18 00:19 tcamera 770( 915) 170 61 5.0 4.8 5.1 5.0 5.2 Ks 1.01 01:24 NICFPS 770( 1195) 196 60 4.4 4.4 4.8 4.4 4.5 MK-Ks 1.03 ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:00 38 20 9 319 (NW) 9 clear none 17:00 38 20 9 37 (NE) 3 clear none 18:00 38 21 6 275 (W) 7 clear none 19:00 38 22 15 297 (WNW) 2 clear none 20:00 38 21 15 294 (WNW) 13 clear none 21:00 38 21 17 284 (WNW) 22 clear none 22:00 39 20 9 284 (WNW) 24 clear none 23:00 40 20 14 297 (WNW) 18 clear none 00:00 42 22 16 302 (WNW) 19 clear none 01:00 40 23 15 303 (WNW) 18 clear none 02:00 39 24 14 337 (NNW) 2 clear none 03:00 38 24 9 352 (N) 2 mstly clr none 04:00 39 24 9 9 (N) 1 mstly clr none 05:00 38 23 15 344 (NNW) 6 mstly clr none 06:00 39 22 12 18 (NNE) 2 ptly cldy 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