Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20190104 From: trudyk@apo.nmsu.edu Date: Sat, 5 Jan 2019 14:22:00 +0000 (UTC) Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Friday, January 04, 2019 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- B.Bolin B.Bolin ARCTIC 17:19 00:04 A.Kosakowski A.Kosakowski DIS 00:04 03:49 C.Gray C.Gray Echelle 03:52 07:02 INST SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B D B ---------------------------------------------------------------- UW07/R 17:19 00:10 0 0 0 0 6.9 0.0 0 0 OU02/R 00:10 03:53 0 0 0 0 3.7 0.0 0 0 NM05/R 03:53 06:58 0 0 0 0 2.8 0.3 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: T.Rudyk Evening was clear and calm with low wind and good seeing. Unfortunately, a bank of clouds formed to the east just as NM05's program commenced, giving us some headaches. Other than that, perfect 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 18:32 arctic 852( 1012) 321 68 3.6 6.1 6.0 5.8 4.9 SDSS-g 1.14 00:20 dcamera 587( 589) 200 30 5.4 5.4 6.1 5.5 5.6 - 1.22 03:53 ecamera 622( -299) 79 65 5.0 4.5 5.1 4.3 4.9 ND1 0.99 ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:00 44 4 8 7 (N) 41 clear none 17:00 42 2 1 296 (WNW) 19 clear none 18:00 42 -1 9 351 (N) 19 clear none 19:00 38 2 7 9 (N) 9 clear none 20:00 40 -1 1 357 (N) 12 clear none 21:00 42 2 9 351 (N) 14 clear none 22:00 43 1 6 7 (N) 19 clear none 23:00 44 0 8 338 (NNW) 19 clear none 00:00 43 3 12 324 (NW) 21 clear none 01:00 41 6 9 341 (NNW) 21 clear none 02:00 41 5 9 306 (NW) 25 clear none 03:00 41 -1 8 297 (WNW) 9 clear none 04:00 40 -3 10 278 (W) 11 clear none 05:00 41 -2 8 268 (W) 12 mstly clr none 06:00 39 -3 10 267 (W) 10 mstly clr 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