Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20180519 From: trudyk@apo.nmsu.edu Date: Sun, 20 May 2018 12:08:28 +0000 (UTC) Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Saturday, May 19, 2018 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- J.Keller J.Keller ARCTIC 20:00 01:04 C.Kobulnicky C.Kobulnicky DIS 01:14 05:20 INST SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B D B ---------------------------------------------------------------- CU06/R 20:07 01:10 0 0 0 0 0.6 4.4 0 0 WY03/R 01:10 05:52 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 and calm with good seeing. After 2:30, the wind shifted to the east, and seeing became very bad. The temperature dropped and humidity began to rise. Humidty stayed just under closure limits and we stayed open until twilight. ------- 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 20:36 arctic 370( 1021) 48 66 12.6 15.6 15.7 15.2 13.2 SDSS_r 0.95 01:20 dcamera 375( 682) -179 34 12.6 11.5 12.2 11.6 11.7 - 1.37 03:12 dcamera 486( 646) 13 49 7.6 8.8 10.5 8.8 8.0 - 3.61 ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:00 69 20 13 215 (SW) 1118 clear none 17:00 64 20 15 211 (SSW) 1130 clear none 18:00 63 20 17 247 (WSW) 1380 clear none 19:00 60 15 16 226 (SW) 1301 clear none 20:00 56 11 10 245 (WSW) 1015 clear none 21:00 55 11 8 245 (WSW) 1073 clear none 22:00 53 9 6 246 (WSW) 1088 clear none 23:00 55 11 3 192 (SSW) 1295 clear none 00:00 54 9 6 270 (W) 1247 clear none 01:00 54 11 5 269 (W) 1238 clear none 02:00 54 8 4 269 (W) 1302 clear none 03:00 46 38 19 78 (ENE) 2615 clear none 04:00 45 39 21 79 (E) clear none 05:00 44 40 22 71 (ENE) clear none 06:00 43 38 23 75 (ENE) 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