Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20180911 From: trudyk@apo.nmsu.edu Date: Wed, 12 Sep 2018 13:23:58 +0000 (UTC) Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Tuesday, September 11, 2018 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- K.Schlaufman K.Schlaufman ECHELLE 17:23 01:01 S.Bhatiani S.Bhatiani NICFPS 01:04 06:30 INST SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B D B ---------------------------------------------------------------- JH01/R 19:23 01:10 0 0 0 0 4.2 1.6 0 0 OU03/R 01:10 06:37 0 0 0 0 5.4 0.0 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: T.Rudyk Evening started clear and calm with low winds and good seeing. Nicfps needed an init twice in the night. Other than that, an uneventful 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 19:32 ecamera 623( 421) 35 77 15.4 18.7 18.2 18.5 16.2 ND5 1.01 20:45 ecamera 478( 177) -110 53 14.7 16.5 16.4 16.1 15.0 clear 1.00 01:20 NICFPS 671( 1680) -78 76 14.2 14.0 14.5 13.8 14.1 MK-H 0.89 ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:00 64 45 8 271 (W) 262 ptly cldy none 17:00 60 42 6 116 (ESE) 257 ptly cldy none 18:00 64 44 1 223 (SW) 256 mstly clr none 19:00 62 45 5 260 (W) 246 clear none 20:00 59 42 4 169 (S) 261 clear none 21:00 58 46 14 144 (SE) 280 clear none 22:00 57 44 9 173 (S) 299 clear none 23:00 57 44 11 181 (S) 258 clear none 00:00 58 44 10 182 (S) 302 clear none 01:00 58 44 8 181 (S) 272 clear none 02:00 58 43 6 187 (S) 256 clear none 03:00 58 43 6 241 (WSW) 262 clear none 04:00 57 42 6 199 (SSW) 208 clear none 05:00 58 42 5 261 (W) 279 clear none 06:00 56 42 8 256 (WSW) 257 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