Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20190106 From: trudyk@apo.nmsu.edu Date: Mon, 7 Jan 2019 14:09:05 +0000 (UTC) Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Sunday, January 06, 2019 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- P.Nedialkov P.Nedialkov DIS --:-- --:-- D.Chojnowski D.Chojnowski ECHELLE 02:30 03:00 C.Gray C.Gray Echelle 03:00 07:04 INST SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B D B ---------------------------------------------------------------- UW06/R 17:21 00:10 6.1 0.7 0 0 0.0 0.0 0 0 NM04/R 00:10 03:10 2.5 0 0 0 0.5 0.0 0 0 NM05/R 03:10 06:58 0 0 0 0 3.8 0.0 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: T.Rudyk Fog, rain and high winds. Slew tests were not performed during checkout due to high winds. First part of the night was cloudy, windy and foggy. Clouds blew out around 22:00. Humidity did not drop until 02:00. At 02:30 we opened. Humidity was on the high side but dropping. We stayed open until dawn. ------- 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 02:37 ecamera 623( -597) 90 51 -3.9 -1.6 2.0 -2.4 -3.1 clear+semrock 1.42 04:33 ecamera 462( -788) 30 53 -1.2 -2.1 -1.3 -2.7 -2.6 clear+semrock 1.43 ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:00 35 35 25 259 (W) cloudy lt rain 17:00 34 35 24 269 (W) cloudy fog 18:00 33 33 20 272 (W) cloudy fog 19:00 31 31 25 268 (W) cloudy fog 20:00 30 29 21 253 (WSW) cloudy fog 21:00 28 28 19 275 (W) cloudy fog 22:00 28 27 18 294 (WNW) ptly cldy fog 23:00 27 26 9 323 (NW) clear fog 00:00 26 25 16 291 (WNW) clear fog 01:00 25 23 14 293 (WNW) clear humid 02:00 25 24 13 298 (WNW) clear humid 03:00 27 8 15 283 (WNW) clear none 04:00 29 11 4 272 (W) 32 clear none 05:00 30 1 11 270 (W) 107 clear none 06:00 32 -3 17 301 (WNW) 52 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