Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20180904 From: trudyk@apo.nmsu.edu Date: Wed, 5 Sep 2018 08:30:48 +0000 (UTC) Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Tuesday, September 04, 2018 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- B.Ketzeback R.McMillan,T.Rudyk X 19:32 02:30 INST SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B D B ---------------------------------------------------------------- EN01/W 19:32 06:32 0 0 0 0 5.6 4.6 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: T.Rudyk We worked on telescope collimation and DIS spectrograph focus. Made progress on both fronts, but we were not able to refine collimation on sky. More work will be needed over the next several nights. ------- 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:00 69 41 11 247 (WSW) 167 mstly clr none 17:00 62 35 2 249 (WSW) 209 mstly clr none 18:00 67 34 9 257 (WSW) 166 mstly clr none 19:00 62 36 6 263 (W) 198 mstly clr none 20:00 57 44 1 184 (S) 264 mstly clr none 21:00 58 38 1 215 (SW) 214 mstly clr none 22:00 59 37 1 166 (SSE) 234 mstly clr none 23:00 57 40 4 168 (SSE) 212 mstly clr none 00:00 56 44 9 123 (ESE) 269 mstly clr none 01:00 55 46 11 128 (SE) 295 mstly clr none 02:00 55 47 13 161 (SSE) 301 mstly clr 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