Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20181207 From: trudyk@apo.nmsu.edu Date: Sat, 8 Dec 2018 12:30:24 +0000 (UTC) Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Friday, December 07, 2018 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- M.Prescott M.Prescott DIS --:-- --:-- J.Keller J.Keller, R.Leiva ARCTIC --:-- --:-- INST SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B D B ---------------------------------------------------------------- NM04/R 17:06 00:10 6.5 0.5 0 0 0.0 0.0 0 0 CU03/R 00:10 06:45 6.6 0 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. Snow began around 19:00, initiated telescope snow program. Rain, snow and fog all through the night. We gave up around 5:30am, and the scope was left parked due south to help with any snow. ------- 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 32 32 7 137 (SE) cloudy fog 17:00 32 31 8 164 (SSE) cloudy lt rain 18:00 32 31 5 106 (ESE) cloudy fog 19:00 35 28 7 204 (SSW) cloudy snow 20:00 32 31 5 93 (E) cloudy fog 21:00 31 30 10 85 (E) cloudy lt snow 22:00 31 31 6 193 (SSW) cloudy fog 23:00 31 30 5 203 (SSW) cloudy lt snow 00:00 31 30 1 173 (S) cloudy fog 01:00 31 31 5 263 (W) cloudy lt snow 02:00 30 30 3 257 (WSW) cloudy lt snow 03:00 29 30 4 332 (NNW) cloudy lt snow 04:00 29 30 10 322 (NW) cloudy lt snow 05:00 30 30 9 314 (NW) 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