Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20181220 From: dembicky@apo.nmsu.edu Date: Fri, 21 Dec 2018 13:59:13 +0000 (UTC) Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Thursday, December 20, 2018 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- G.Wallerstein G.Wallerstein Echelle 17:10 21:44 J.Wisniewski G.Stefansson ARCTIC 21:44 03:22 C.Gray C.Gray Echelle 03:27 06:58 INST SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B D B ---------------------------------------------------------------- UW12/R 17:10 21:40 0 0 0 0 0.0 4.5 0 0 OU01/R 21:40 03:30 0 0 0 0 0.0 5.8 0 0 NM03/R 03:30 06:53 0 0 0 0 1.1 2.2 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: J.Dembicky No problems tonight other than pesky clouds at the end of 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 17:17 ecamera 811( -249) -5 41 0.6 1.4 1.7 1.6 0.9 ND3 1.00 18:31 ecamera 700( -414) 201 58 0.9 0.7 1.2 0.8 0.9 clear 0.92 22:05 arctic 811( 754) 10 72 2.1 1.9 2.7 2.4 2.2 sdss_i 0.81 03:46 ecamera 668( -358) 51 44 3.3 2.2 3.1 2.7 3.0 clear 1.20 ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:00 35 12 14 27 (NNE) 132 clear none 17:00 34 12 16 25 (NNE) 115 clear none 18:00 34 14 15 15 (NNE) 127 clear none 19:00 34 13 22 18 (NNE) 115 clear none 20:00 37 14 3 26 (NNE) 101 clear none 21:00 37 14 1 232 (SW) 92 clear none 22:00 37 14 7 1 (N) 107 clear none 23:00 36 14 16 2 (N) 63 clear none 00:00 35 14 4 354 (N) 106 clear none 01:00 36 12 3 359 (N) 69 mstly clr none 02:00 37 6 6 19 (NNE) 61 mstly clr none 03:00 38 3 10 354 (N) 34 mstly clr none 04:00 38 -2 15 345 (NNW) 24 ptly cldy none 05:00 38 1 7 349 (N) 37 mstly cldy none 06:00 38 1 14 311 (NW) 32 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