Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20180224 From: mcmillan@apo.nmsu.edu Date: Sun, 25 Feb 2018 13:29:08 +0000 (UTC) Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Saturday, February 24, 2018 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- T.Murphy R.McMillan APOLLO 17:55 19:03 C.Sakari C.Sakari ECHELLE 19:05 23:36 D.Chojnowski D.Chojnowski ECHELLE 23:37 00:09 K.Leighly H.Joseph TSPEC 00:12 06:00 INST SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B D B ---------------------------------------------------------------- AP01/O 18:05 19:05 0 0 0 0 0.0 1.0 0 0 UW08/R 19:05 23:40 0 0 0 0 0.0 4.6 0 0 NM04/R 23:40 00:10 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.5 0 0 OU04/R 00:10 06:27 0 0 0 0 3.5 2.8 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: R.McMillan A lovely clear night with mostly good (somewhat variable) seeing. Everything worked beautifully. ------- 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 18:00 APOLLO 540( 997) 72 54 -4.1 -2.9 -3.0 -3.0 -3.6 530 1.80 00:22 tcamera 650( 310) 152 71 -3.8 -4.6 -4.1 -4.4 -4.3 Ks 1.58 ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:00 27 -8 11 1 (N) 324 clear none 17:00 27 -9 17 318 (NW) 443 clear none 18:00 24 -9 13 1 (N) 317 clear none 19:00 24 -5 12 340 (NNW) 295 clear none 20:00 24 -2 12 275 (W) 311 clear none 21:00 24 -2 9 236 (SW) 508 clear none 22:00 25 -3 14 209 (SSW) 504 clear none 23:00 25 -5 18 232 (SW) 454 clear none 00:00 24 -9 21 231 (SW) 438 clear none 01:00 24 -13 20 226 (SW) 543 clear none 02:00 24 -11 18 228 (SW) 509 clear none 03:00 24 -13 21 246 (WSW) 550 clear none 04:00 24 -12 16 254 (WSW) 525 clear none 05:00 24 -11 13 266 (W) 547 clear none 06:00 23 -8 13 266 (W) 552 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