Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20190110 From: decolib@apo.nmsu.edu Date: Fri, 11 Jan 2019 11:28:30 +0000 (UTC) Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Thursday, January 10, 2019 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- J.Wisniewski J.Wisniewski ARCTIC --:-- --:-- J.Keller R.Leiva ARCTIC --:-- --:-- INST SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B D B ---------------------------------------------------------------- OU01/R 17:24 00:10 2.6 4.2 0 0 0.0 0.0 0 0 CU03/R 00:10 06:58 6.8 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: D.DeColibus No observations tonight due to heavy fog and light snow all night long. Ran snow program for most of the night; around 4 AM the snow had mostly stopped and we parked the telescope facing south for sunlight to hit the catwalk. Snow accumulation was a half inch at most. No other problems tonight. ------- 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:00 39 27 11 257 (WSW) 66 cloudy humid 17:00 34 32 10 264 (W) cloudy lt snow 18:00 32 31 7 290 (WNW) cloudy lt snow 19:00 33 32 19 280 (W) cloudy lt snow 20:00 32 31 12 265 (W) cloudy snow 21:00 32 32 13 284 (WNW) cloudy lt snow 22:00 32 31 10 270 (W) cloudy lt snow 23:00 31 31 11 270 (W) cloudy lt snow 00:00 31 31 12 291 (WNW) cloudy fog 01:00 30 30 14 288 (WNW) cloudy lt snow 02:00 30 30 16 303 (WNW) cloudy lt snow 03:00 30 30 9 339 (NNW) cloudy fog 04:00 30 30 10 319 (NW) cloudy fog 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