Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20181216 From: trudyk@apo.nmsu.edu Date: Mon, 17 Dec 2018 12:01:21 +0000 (UTC) Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Sunday, December 16, 2018 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- N.Dello A.McKay ECHELLE --:-- --:-- D.Gies K.Lester ECHELLE --:-- --:-- INST SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B D B ---------------------------------------------------------------- JH07/R 17:08 00:10 0 7.0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0 0 GS05/R 00:10 06:51 5.2 1.4 0 0 0.0 0.0 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: T.Rudyk Gcam needed a hub restart during checkout. Evening started cloudy with rain on the radar headed our way. We did not open at sunset. Rain came around midnight, with some winds. A few snowflakes started falling around 4:30. We gave up at 5. We did not open at all. ------- 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:00 41 -1 14 205 (SSW) 153 cloudy none 17:00 39 1 7 201 (SSW) 153 cloudy none 18:00 38 13 6 223 (SW) 104 cloudy none 19:00 37 17 3 345 (NNW) 124 cloudy none 20:00 37 6 1 341 (NNW) 157 cloudy none 21:00 38 24 14 190 (S) 64 cloudy none 22:00 36 14 2 224 (SW) 151 cloudy none 23:00 35 20 2 114 (ESE) 104 cloudy none 00:00 39 21 25 134 (SE) 84 cloudy lt rain 01:00 37 21 13 137 (SE) 48 cloudy none 02:00 37 19 14 144 (SE) 46 cloudy none 03:00 36 19 9 153 (SSE) 63 cloudy none 04:00 34 20 14 147 (SSE) 74 cloudy lt snow 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