Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20180518 From: trudyk@apo.nmsu.edu Date: Sat, 19 May 2018 12:17:16 +0000 (UTC) Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Friday, May 18, 2018 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- T.Murphy R.McMillan,N.Colmenares APOLLO 20:00 20:17 J.Keller J.Keller Arctic 20:22 01:02 E.Bellm E.Bellm DIS 01:12 05:45 INST SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B D B ---------------------------------------------------------------- AP01/R 20:06 21:06 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.3 0 0 CU06/R 21:06 01:10 0 0 0 0 1.6 3.2 0 0 UW06/R 01:10 05:53 0 0 0 0 4.7 0.0 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: T.Rudyk Evening started clear, but with borderline high winds from the west. Apollo program was aborted due to winds and the time was given to CU06. Wind died down around 22:00. Seeing was fair to average. It was clear, and we were open all night. ------- 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 20:05 APOLLO 400( 1728) 41 67 12.7 14.3 14.8 14.1 13.0 530 1.70 21:19 arctic 464( 965) 177 43 12.1 12.5 13.3 12.2 12.1 sdss_r 1.33 01:21 dcamera 420( 667) -3 50 10.8 10.6 11.3 10.6 10.6 - 1.18 ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:00 62 17 21 253 (WSW) 1607 clear none 17:00 62 18 28 245 (WSW) 1364 clear none 18:00 60 15 26 263 (W) 1336 clear none 19:00 59 14 24 267 (W) 1305 clear none 20:00 55 10 16 267 (W) 1367 clear none 21:00 53 8 20 263 (W) 1152 clear none 22:00 53 8 9 255 (WSW) 1258 clear none 23:00 53 6 18 293 (WNW) 1363 clear none 00:00 52 7 12 283 (WNW) 1290 clear none 01:00 52 7 11 309 (NW) 1323 clear none 02:00 52 9 12 305 (NW) 1321 clear none 03:00 52 7 10 300 (WNW) 1181 clear none 04:00 51 7 10 307 (NW) 1454 clear none 05:00 50 4 3 336 (NNW) 1416 clear none 06:00 50 4 6 23 (NNE) 1403 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