Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20180307 From: dembicky@apo.nmsu.edu Date: Thu, 8 Mar 2018 13:23:21 +0000 (UTC) Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Wednesday, March 07, 2018 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- M.Graham Z.Golkhou DIS --:-- --:-- S.Lepine N.Hejazi ECHELLE 04:14 06:14 INST SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B D B ---------------------------------------------------------------- UW04/R 18:14 00:10 5.7 0.3 0 0 0.0 0.0 0 0 GS05/R 00:10 06:14 0 4.1 0 0 0.0 2.0 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: J.Dembicky Clouds most of the night. My 2nd half observer noted that her first 4 files did not automatically, the later files came thru fine, starting with her 5th red flat. The skies started to clear a little before 4AM and we opened at 04:14. ------- 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 04:29 ecamera 323( -601) 207 40 4.5 4.1 5.0 4.3 4.2 ND3 1.00 ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:00 39 0 3 269 (W) 943 cloudy none 17:00 40 2 2 255 (WSW) 940 cloudy none 18:00 38 1 1 270 (W) 844 cloudy none 19:00 38 2 1 227 (SW) 877 cloudy none 20:00 38 1 5 94 (E) 876 cloudy none 21:00 38 -1 2 141 (SE) 688 cloudy none 22:00 38 2 3 200 (SSW) 1009 cloudy none 23:00 40 -4 2 146 (SE) 478 cloudy none 00:00 40 -5 4 224 (SW) 271 cloudy none 01:00 41 -3 1 213 (SSW) 300 cloudy none 02:00 40 -5 4 224 (SW) 232 cloudy none 03:00 40 -5 3 217 (SW) 253 cloudy none 04:00 39 -4 2 192 (SSW) 567 ptly cldy none 05:00 39 1 7 204 (SSW) 900 ptly cldy none 06:00 39 2 7 228 (SW) 855 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