Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20180429 From: dembicky@apo.nmsu.edu Date: Mon, 30 Apr 2018 11:52:07 +0000 (UTC) Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Sunday, April 29, 2018 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- Y.Notsu Y.Notsu ECHELLE 18:30 01:08 S.Lepine N.Hejazi ECHELLE 01:08 06:08 INST SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B D B ---------------------------------------------------------------- UW08/R 19:52 01:10 0 0 0 0 0.0 5.3 0 0 GS06/R 01:10 06:08 0 0 0 0 0.0 5.0 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: J.Dembicky No problems tonight. Pesky clouds at the end of the night hampered the last observations, although we stayed open and tried our best to observe it. Luckily it was right at the end of the night when the clouds grew worse. ------- 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 18:41 ecamera 390( -47) 62 72 12.3 14.1 14.3 13.8 12.8 ND4 0.70 00:41 ecamera 420( -204) -109 52 10.3 10.2 10.8 10.2 10.2 clear 0.85 ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:00 64 20 25 203 (SSW) 1017 mstly clr none 17:00 62 19 22 229 (SW) 1100 mstly clr none 18:00 62 17 21 219 (SW) 1283 mstly clr none 19:00 58 15 16 215 (SW) 1957 mstly clr none 20:00 55 17 20 231 (SW) 1714 ptly cldy none 21:00 54 14 20 238 (WSW) 2302 ptly cldy none 22:00 54 11 17 240 (WSW) 1459 ptly cldy none 23:00 53 12 16 255 (WSW) 1496 mstly clr none 00:00 52 13 14 235 (SW) 1382 clear none 01:00 51 13 14 267 (W) 1245 clear none 02:00 50 13 13 263 (W) 1013 clear none 03:00 48 15 20 247 (WSW) 1130 clear none 04:00 47 17 18 266 (W) 1303 mstly clr none 05:00 46 19 21 262 (W) 1502 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