Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20190128 From: dembicky@apo.nmsu.edu Date: Tue, 29 Jan 2019 12:00:50 +0000 (UTC) Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Monday, January 28, 2019 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- M.Graham P.Skody, M.Graham, DIS 17:41 00:10 B.Bolin, UW Class S.Cheng S.Cheng ECHELLE 00:10 04:10 INST SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B D B ---------------------------------------------------------------- UW03/O 17:41 00:10 0 0 0 0 6.5 0.0 0 0 JH05/R 00:10 06:52 0 2.7 0 0 1.7 2.3 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: J.Dembicky Isabel, Izzy Farrell, Emily, Brigitta Sipocz Horrible 3-4 arc sec seeing at the start of the night. It improved around 21:30. with sub arc second seeing for 2nd half. Rain sensor went off at 19:25, sky was clear and there was NO precipitation outside. We turned it off and ignored it. Clouds started getting worse around 03:00 and we finally closed at 04:10. Gave up at 04:45 due to clouds and weather. ------- 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 18:57 dcamera 566( 325) 145 63 -3.2 1.2 1.9 1.1 -1.9 -- 2.70 23:06 dcamera 725( 286) -1 47 -2.3 -2.9 -2.2 -2.6 -2.4 -- 1.20 00:19 ecamera 679( -630) -117 54 -3.0 -3.1 -2.5 -3.1 -2.9 Clear 0.94 ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:00 36 10 11 354 (N) 65 mstly clr none 17:00 35 8 1 316 (NW) 93 mstly clr none 18:00 32 9 6 257 (WSW) 108 clear none 19:00 26 16 16 68 (ENE) 278 clear none 20:00 23 16 21 74 (ENE) mstly clr none 21:00 22 15 14 63 (ENE) mstly clr none 22:00 30 14 11 278 (W) 151 mstly clr none 23:00 28 15 9 298 (WNW) 179 ptly cldy none 00:00 27 15 10 287 (WNW) 272 ptly cldy none 01:00 24 15 2 229 (SW) 257 ptly cldy none 02:00 26 16 8 266 (W) 238 ptly cldy none 03:00 26 16 6 257 (WSW) 298 mstly cldy none 04:00 25 16 8 223 (SW) 356 cloudy 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