Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20180221 From: dembicky@apo.nmsu.edu Date: Thu, 22 Feb 2018 12:24:23 +0000 (UTC) Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Wednesday, February 21, 2018 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- D.Chojnowski D.Chojnowski ECHELLE 17:00 23:40 D.Chojnowski D.Chojnowski ECHELLE 23:40 00:10 J.Hughes J.Hughes ARCTIC 00:10 06:31 INST SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B D B ---------------------------------------------------------------- NM07/R 18:03 23:40 0 0 0 0 0.0 5.6 0 0 NM04/R 23:40 00:10 0 0 0 0 0.4 0.1 0 0 SU01/R 00:10 06:31 0 0 0 0 6.3 0.0 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: J.Dembicky Pesky clouds rolled right at the tail end of the NM04 program. Nothing we needed to close for but just an annoyance. No problems tonight except for some pesky clouds during 2nd half. ------- 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 18:18 ecamera 444( -681) 161 68 0.1 0.6 0.9 0.5 -0.1 clear 0.90 00:26 arctic 575( 376) 171 80 -0.8 -0.8 -0.2 -0.7 -0.8 SDSS_r 0.89 00:29 na2gdr 174 80 -0.6 -0.8 -0.3 -0.7 -0.9 clear 1.30 ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:00 35 18 17 212 (SSW) 653 mstly clr none 17:00 33 17 22 197 (SSW) 737 clear none 18:00 32 17 18 189 (S) 979 clear none 19:00 32 17 13 209 (SSW) 1052 clear none 20:00 32 18 11 188 (S) 1139 clear none 21:00 32 19 9 211 (SSW) 1277 clear none 22:00 31 19 14 199 (SSW) 1455 mstly clr none 23:00 32 19 12 187 (S) 1340 clear none 00:00 31 20 16 210 (SSW) 1486 ptly cldy none 01:00 30 21 13 190 (S) 1613 mstly clr none 02:00 30 20 19 204 (SSW) 1493 clear none 03:00 29 20 16 198 (SSW) 1343 clear none 04:00 28 19 19 211 (SSW) 1388 ptly cldy none 05:00 27 18 17 212 (SSW) 1452 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