Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20180908 From: trudyk@apo.nmsu.edu Date: Sun, 9 Sep 2018 13:16:42 +0000 (UTC) Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Saturday, September 08, 2018 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- Y.Notsu Y.Notsu echelle 20:12 01:03 J.Hughes J.Hughes ARCTIC 01:08 06:35 INST SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B D B ---------------------------------------------------------------- UW05/R 19:27 01:10 0.8 0 0 0 4.9 0.0 0 0 SU01/R 01:10 06:35 0 0 0 0 5.3 0.1 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: T.Rudyk Evening started out with a couple of sprinkles, but started clearing by 20:00. After that, skies were clear, wind was calm, and seeing was good. No large problems happened, and we observed the rest of the 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 20:21 ecamera 576( 168) 51 45 12.0 14.2 14.3 14.4 12.4 ND1 1.80 21:24 ecamera 507( 30) 67 55 12.6 13.1 13.1 12.7 12.1 ND3 1.01 01:13 arctic 661( 1074) 6 63 10.7 11.0 11.5 10.8 10.8 J-C U 1.17 ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:00 57 46 4 213 (SSW) 121 ptly cldy none 17:00 58 47 1 222 (SW) 151 ptly cldy none 18:00 57 48 4 199 (SSW) 127 ptly cldy lt rain 19:00 57 47 4 197 (SSW) 241 ptly cldy none 20:00 55 45 1 253 (WSW) 200 mstly clr none 21:00 54 46 9 76 (ENE) 197 mstly clr none 22:00 54 44 1 266 (W) 122 clear none 23:00 53 44 6 303 (WNW) 110 clear none 00:00 53 44 6 296 (WNW) 113 clear none 01:00 53 44 7 326 (NW) 135 clear none 02:00 51 44 6 302 (WNW) 138 clear none 03:00 51 45 5 301 (WNW) clear none 04:00 50 44 8 350 (N) clear none 05:00 51 44 8 13 (NNE) clear none 06:00 52 44 8 15 (NNE) 175 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