Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20190113 From: trudyk@apo.nmsu.edu Date: Mon, 14 Jan 2019 14:29:25 +0000 (UTC) Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Sunday, January 13, 2019 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- D.Gies D.Gies ECHELLE 18:40 20:34 J.Wisniewski G.Stefansson ARCTIC 20:40 01:55 D.Dale D.Dale ARCTIC 01:55 05:44 C.Gray C.Gray,T.Rudyk ARCTIC 05:44 06:20 B.Bolin C.Gray,T.Rudyk ARCTIC 06:20 06:56 INST SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B D B ---------------------------------------------------------------- GS01/R 17:27 20:40 0 0 0 0 0.0 3.2 0 0 OU01/R 20:40 00:10 0 0 0 0 0.0 3.5 0 0 OU01/R 00:10 02:10 0 0 0 0 1.8 0.2 0 0 WY01/R 02:10 05:44 0 0 0 0 3.6 0.0 0 0 NM05/R/D 05:44 06:20 0 0 0 0 0.6 0.0 0 0 UW07/R/D 06:20 06:56 0 0 0 0 0.6 0.0 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: T.Rudyk Evening started partly cloudy and cleaing. Humidity was high, but started to drop around 18:30. We were able to open. Seeing was great all night. Humidity rose around 02:00 but did not spike above dangerous levels. Clouds began to roll in around 05:30, but we stayed open. End of WY01’s shift (too bright for them) was spent doing pick-up work for NM05 and UW07. ------- 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 18:52 ecamera 930( -195) -1 61 -1.1 0.5 -0.1 0.8 -0.6 clear 0.89 19:57 ecamera 752( -426) 227 55 -1.2 -0.6 -0.7 -1.1 -1.2 ND3 0.78 20:58 arctic 809( 598) 164 69 -1.1 -1.1 -1.1 -1.6 -1.4 semrock5 0.67 02:01 arctic 801( 598) -17 55 -0.9 -1.1 -0.9 -1.1 -0.9 SDSS_g 0.79 ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:00 34 27 14 228 (SW) ptly cldy none 17:00 32 28 14 224 (SW) ptly cldy humid 18:00 29 26 11 236 (SW) clear humid 19:00 30 22 11 262 (W) clear none 20:00 30 23 11 235 (SW) clear none 21:00 30 20 10 225 (SW) 100 clear none 22:00 30 20 11 232 (SW) 112 clear none 23:00 30 21 11 217 (SW) 101 clear none 00:00 30 22 11 206 (SSW) 135 clear none 01:00 30 25 10 186 (S) clear none 02:00 30 25 11 219 (SW) clear none 03:00 30 25 14 216 (SW) clear none 04:00 31 24 10 212 (SSW) clear none 05:00 31 24 10 225 (SW) clear none 06:00 32 22 9 195 (SSW) ptly cldy 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