Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20190118 From: dembicky@apo.nmsu.edu Date: Sat, 19 Jan 2019 13:33:45 +0000 (UTC) Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Friday, January 18, 2019 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- K.Allers K.Allers TSPEC 19:20 23:52 D.Gies K.Lester ECHELLE 00:00 06:03 INST SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B D B ---------------------------------------------------------------- NA01/R 17:31 00:10 0 1.8 0 0 0.0 4.8 0 0 GS01/R 00:10 06:56 0 0 0 0 1.4 5.4 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: J.Dembicky DIS vacuum readings 17:00 red 6.3e-7 camera 1.2e-8 pump blue 6.6e-6 camera 1.0e-6 pump 01:00 red 3.58e-7 camera 1.0e-8 pump blue 4.8e-6 camera 6.5e-7 pump 06:20 red 3.48e-7 camera 1.0e-8 pump blue 4.4e-6 camera 5.0e-7 pump I opened the dome at 17:15 and clouds descended from the N on us almost immediately (I think they know). The sky was decent up until I opened, of course. The clouds were local as the IR satellite didn't show much around us. No 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 19:23 tcamera 654( 394) 35 56 -4.9 -3.2 -2.3 -3.3 -4.6 Ks 1.30 20:18 tcamera 941( 600) 187 40 -5.2 -5.0 -4.3 -5.0 -5.1 Ks 2.30 00:07 ecamera 728( -767) 248 67 -6.6 -6.7 -6.2 -6.6 -6.6 ND3 1.70 ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:00 26 16 24 323 (NW) 417 cloudy none 17:00 26 18 28 319 (NW) 2626 cloudy none 18:00 25 14 28 320 (NW) 569 mstly clr none 19:00 24 16 7 288 (WNW) 181 mstly cldy none 20:00 22 16 11 340 (NNW) ptly cldy none 21:00 22 12 2 63 (ENE) 99 ptly cldy none 22:00 21 14 35 29 (NNE) clear none 23:00 20 12 20 17 (NNE) clear none 00:00 20 11 9 17 (NNE) clear none 01:00 22 11 18 53 (NE) 80 clear none 02:00 24 11 16 32 (NNE) 57 clear none 03:00 25 6 12 12 (NNE) 27 clear none 04:00 22 10 2 207 (SSW) 73 clear none 05:00 21 11 2 314 (NW) 46 clear none 06:00 21 12 6 349 (N) 56 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