Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20191113 From: mcmillan@apo.nmsu.edu Date: Thu, 14 Nov 2019 13:34:27 +0000 (UTC) Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Wednesday, November 13, 2019 PROG PI ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) -------------------------------------------------------------------- NM04 J.Jackiewicz D.Chojnowski UW04 Z.Ivezic P.Yoachim GS02 D.Gies K.Lester ACTUAL PROG INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- NM04 ECHELLE 17:30 21:26 UW04 ARCTIC 21:29 00:03 GS02 ECHELLE 00:07 06:10 PROG SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS NOT USED I/ROW/DTN START FINISH D B D B D B D B ----------------------------------------------------------------- NM04/R 17:12 21:30 0 0 0 0 0.9 3.4 0 0 UW04/R 21:30 00:10 0 0 0 0 0.0 2.7 0 0 GS02/R 00:10 06:24 0 0 0 0 0.0 6.2 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: R.McMillan Clear all night. Focus started very high but came down rapidly in the first two hours. There was a tracking slip in the altitude direction at 2019-11-14T10:30:30, but recovery was very quick and I didn't see any other misbehavior. ------- FAILURE LOG ------- FAILURE MODE TIME PROG INSTR TI/SHU START FINISH DESCRIPTION ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------- FOCUS LOG --------------- Time Instrument Focus Az El Temp Strc Prim Sec Air filt FWHM -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 17:34 ecamera 789( 121) 37 71 9.4 10.4 9.5 10.1 9.6 ND2 1.05 21:38 arctic 461( 710) 349 45 5.4 6.1 7.0 6.0 5.6 g 1.56 00:14 ecamera 363( -583) -139 62 4.6 4.3 5.0 4.2 4.4 ND3 1.06 ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:00 50 18 10 26 (NNE) 255 clear none 17:00 51 14 12 26 (NNE) 134 clear none 18:00 46 15 14 20 (NNE) 289 clear none 19:00 48 4 11 8 (N) 91 clear none 20:00 47 11 13 37 (NE) 149 clear none 21:00 44 11 17 66 (ENE) 259 clear none 22:00 42 11 18 65 (ENE) 343 clear none 23:00 41 11 17 60 (ENE) 387 clear none 00:00 40 11 15 57 (ENE) 389 clear none 01:00 36 14 10 68 (ENE) 737 clear none 02:00 36 12 12 57 (ENE) 938 clear none 03:00 36 9 11 63 (ENE) 700 clear none 04:00 40 9 5 296 (WNW) 395 clear none 05:00 41 10 1 222 (SW) 441 clear none 06:00 40 11 3 311 (NW) 368 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 SOFTWARE ---------- Current TCC version: 1.2.4 Current HUB version: v20171231_01 Current TUI version: 2.6.0