Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20191117 From: mcmillan@apo.nmsu.edu Date: Mon, 18 Nov 2019 13:21:51 +0000 (UTC) Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Sunday, November 17, 2019 PROG PI ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) -------------------------------------------------------------------- CU05 J.Bally J.Bally,Z.Chia WY02 M.Brotherton A.Cavanaugh ACTUAL PROG INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- CU05 ARCTIC 17:25 20:35 CU05 NICFPS 20:45 00:02 WY02 TSPEC 00:20 05:50 PROG SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS NOT USED I/ROW/DTN START FINISH D B D B D B D B ----------------------------------------------------------------- CU05/R 17:10 00:10 0 0 0 0 4.5 2.5 0 0 WY02/R 00:10 06:27 0 0 0 0 0.0 6.3 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: R.McMillan We had high clouds for part of first half, but they were pretty thin. A brisk north wind caused some tracking trouble a couple of times but the second half observer had enough targets to point away from it. ------- 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 18:44 arctic 423( 683) 145 34 5.5 6.1 6.5 6.0 5.5 659/3 1.86 19:38 arctic 460( 690) 145 40 5.7 5.6 6.1 5.5 5.7 659/3 1.15 01:28 tcamera 526( 874) 61 60 7.8 7.3 7.8 7.4 7.4 Ks 1.26 ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:00 42 15 1 231 (SW) 484 ptly cldy none 17:00 42 10 15 327 (NNW) 452 ptly cldy none 18:00 42 9 8 354 (N) 452 ptly cldy none 19:00 42 12 11 31 (NNE) 474 mstly clr none 20:00 45 9 14 347 (NNW) 477 mstly clr none 21:00 47 11 16 21 (NNE) 530 clear none 22:00 46 11 14 353 (N) 512 clear none 23:00 46 11 18 359 (N) 534 clear none 00:00 47 12 11 30 (NNE) 426 clear none 01:00 47 11 17 12 (NNE) 395 clear none 02:00 47 11 18 32 (NNE) 352 clear none 03:00 48 15 10 3 (N) 151 clear none 04:00 47 14 6 22 (NNE) 218 clear none 05:00 46 13 15 16 (NNE) 301 clear none 06:00 47 18 9 10 (N) 160 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