Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20180617 From: trudyk@apo.nmsu.edu Date: Mon, 18 Jun 2018 11:16:52 +0000 (UTC) Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Sunday, June 17, 2018 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- K.McGouldrick R.McCabe ARCTIC 20:16 22:16 J.Bally J.Bally ARCTIC 22:24 01:04 a.Gaulme P.Gaulme,M.Benbakoura Echelle 01:08 04:55 INST SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B D B ---------------------------------------------------------------- CU02/R 20:22 22:22 0 0 0 0 0.0 2.0 0 0 CU07/R 22:22 01:10 0 0 0 0 1.1 1.7 0 0 NM08/R 01:10 05:46 0 0 0 0 4.6 0.0 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: T.Rudyk Evening started out mostly clear and calm with decent seeing. Seeing improved a few hours afer sunset to very good. The telemetry stripchart failed in a way I've not seen before, a PR was sent. Other than that, a calm, quiet night. 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 20:26 arctic 402( 1018) -69 44 12.5 14.4 14.7 14.2 12.9 u'+ND1.3 1.50 22:36 arctic 450( 926) 43 61 11.8 12.3 12.9 12.1 12.1 UNM657 0.76 01:11 ecamera 353( -188) -3 57 12.6 11.9 12.5 11.9 12.3 ND1 0.79 ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:00 60 31 11 242 (WSW) mstly clr none 17:00 60 31 14 257 (WSW) mstly clr none 18:00 63 31 12 265 (W) mstly clr none 19:00 59 31 14 227 (SW) clear none 20:00 56 31 12 217 (SW) clear none 21:00 54 31 14 216 (SW) clear none 22:00 54 31 11 189 (S) clear none 23:00 54 31 10 217 (SW) clear none 00:00 55 31 9 241 (WSW) clear none 01:00 55 31 7 270 (W) clear none 02:00 54 31 8 265 (W) clear none 03:00 54 31 6 248 (WSW) clear none 04:00 54 31 6 257 (WSW) clear none 05:00 54 31 8 275 (W) 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