Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20190105 From: trudyk@apo.nmsu.edu Date: Sun, 6 Jan 2019 13:01:10 +0000 (UTC) Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Saturday, January 05, 2019 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- P.Nedialkov P.Nedialkov DIS 18:15 22:15 J.Keller J.Keller,R.Leiva ARCTIC --:-- --:-- C.Gray C.Gray Echelle --:-- --:-- INST SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B D B ---------------------------------------------------------------- UW06/R 17:20 00:10 2.8 0 0 0 4.0 0.0 0 0 CU03/R 00:10 03:53 3.7 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0 0 NM05/R 03:53 06:58 3.1 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: T.Rudyk Evening started with clouds. We had a breif reprieve from 18:00 to 22:00, then the clouds thickened again. We stopped observing at 22:15 as rain drew near the observatory. Rain started in ernest around 01:45. Mostly ended by 04:00 though there were still occasional mistings. We did not open again. ------- 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 18:21 dcamera 768( 821) 134 45 5.4 6.7 7.2 6.5 5.4 - 1.48 ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:00 42 -2 6 260 (W) 20 mstly cldy none 17:00 41 -2 11 262 (W) 20 mstly cldy none 18:00 43 -2 14 251 (WSW) 23 ptly cldy none 19:00 40 -5 14 258 (WSW) 14 ptly cldy none 20:00 41 -5 15 268 (W) 15 ptly cldy none 21:00 43 -3 18 255 (WSW) 18 ptly cldy none 22:00 42 -4 18 255 (WSW) 21 cloudy none 23:00 39 -3 18 256 (WSW) 30 cloudy none 00:00 38 2 20 252 (WSW) 44 cloudy none 01:00 39 8 19 237 (WSW) 61 cloudy lt rain 02:00 39 10 14 265 (W) 81 cloudy lt snow 03:00 37 18 16 248 (WSW) 102 cloudy none 04:00 37 20 19 236 (SW) 82 cloudy none 05:00 38 21 27 219 (SW) 114 cloudy none 06:00 39 24 29 212 (SSW) 97 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