Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20180312 From: trudyk@apo.nmsu.edu Date: Tue, 13 Mar 2018 13:13:21 +0000 (UTC) Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Monday, March 12, 2018 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- C.Gray C.Schmidt DIS 19:20 20:10 C.Sarazin M.Sun DIS 20:20 01:04 M.Bentz C.Roberts DIS 01:04 07:00 INST SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B D B ---------------------------------------------------------------- NM02/R 19:17 20:17 0 0 0 0 1.0 0.0 0 0 UV04/R 20:17 01:10 0 0 0 0 4.9 0.0 0 0 GS03/R 01:10 07:08 0 0 0 0 3.8 2.2 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: T.Rudyk Dcam was having fits of scrambled data around 20:30. (d160-d170 as an example). Skies were mostly clear. Skies stayed clear, but the humidity slowly rose over the night, and began to spike around 05:30. Humidity toed the line, and we stayed open until dawn. ------- 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 20:24 dcamera 548( 425) 321 44 1.0 3.2 2.9 2.8 1.5 - 1.40 01:12 dcamera 492( 205) 180 45 0.8 0.0 0.6 0.1 0.6 - 1.30 ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:00 45 27 11 222 (SW) 704 mstly clr none 17:00 39 25 6 261 (W) 704 mstly clr none 18:00 39 24 8 262 (W) 735 mstly clr none 19:00 36 24 5 262 (W) 708 ptly cldy none 20:00 35 25 8 304 (NW) 372 mstly clr none 21:00 34 26 10 316 (NW) 306 clear none 22:00 33 26 7 283 (WNW) 432 clear none 23:00 32 24 1 306 (NW) 625 clear none 00:00 33 26 8 282 (WNW) 625 clear none 01:00 34 27 3 265 (W) 648 clear none 02:00 34 28 6 342 (NNW) 352 clear none 03:00 33 28 14 330 (NNW) clear none 04:00 32 27 4 299 (WNW) clear none 05:00 33 28 4 318 (NW) clear none 06:00 32 28 10 43 (NE) 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