Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20181107 From: trudyk@apo.nmsu.edu Date: Thu, 8 Nov 2018 13:13:53 +0000 (UTC) Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Wednesday, November 07, 2018 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- S.Anderson S.Anderson,J.Ruan DIS 17:16 00:11 M.Bentz C.Roberts,R.Merritt DIS 00:23 06:11 INST SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B D B ---------------------------------------------------------------- UW06/R 17:16 00:10 0 0 0 0 6.5 0.4 0 0 GS03/R 00:10 06:19 0 0 0 0 6.1 0.0 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: T.Rudyk Ecam needed a power cycle during checkout. Night was clear and calm with decent seeing. No drama tonight. ------- 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 17:41 dcamera 650( 828) 79 76 6.8 9.5 9.5 9.1 7.6 - 0.93 21:00 dcamera 642( 694) -9 58 7.1 6.9 7.5 6.8 7.1 - 1.35 00:35 dcamera 666( 702) 149 65 7.1 6.6 7.1 6.7 6.8 - 0.93 ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:00 50 27 11 253 (WSW) 139 clear none 17:00 47 27 20 232 (SW) 149 clear none 18:00 45 25 18 245 (WSW) 143 clear none 19:00 45 24 24 239 (WSW) 137 clear none 20:00 45 24 19 263 (W) 139 clear none 21:00 45 25 15 267 (W) 137 clear none 22:00 45 25 14 264 (W) 139 clear none 23:00 45 25 17 266 (W) 156 clear none 00:00 45 26 19 266 (W) 152 clear none 01:00 45 25 16 264 (W) 191 clear none 02:00 44 24 15 266 (W) 186 clear none 03:00 43 23 16 266 (W) 177 clear none 04:00 43 21 14 265 (W) 143 clear none 05:00 42 21 13 256 (WSW) 175 clear none 06:00 41 22 10 261 (W) 145 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