Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20191124 From: trudyk@apo.nmsu.edu Date: Mon, 25 Nov 2019 13:35:21 +0000 (UTC) Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Sunday, November 24, 2019 PROG PI ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) -------------------------------------------------------------------- UV06 K.Corcoran K.Corcoran UW10 Y.Notsu Y.Notsu JH08 C.Schmidt C.Schmidt,R.Vervack ACTUAL PROG INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- UV06 DIS 17:07 00:14 UW10 ECHELLE 00:17 05:12 JH08 DIS 05:26 06:30 PROG SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS NOT USED I/ROW/DTN START FINISH D B D B D B D B ----------------------------------------------------------------- UV06/R 17:07 00:10 0 0 0 0 7.1 0.0 0 0 UW10/R 00:10 05:19 0 0 0 0 5.1 0.0 0 0 JH08/R 05:19 06:34 0 0 0 0 0.1 1.1 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: T.Rudyk Evening started partly cloudy, but the clouds blew out around sunset. It was clear and calm. Seeing wasn't that great, but it imroved somewhat as the night progressed. Winds shifted to the east around 00:30 and seeing declined. Some thin clouds started to blow in around 03:00 but seeing improved somewhat. We were open all night. ------- 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 17:31 arctic 498( 701) 123 77 3.8 5.5 5.5 5.2 4.1 JC_R 1.81 18:07 arctic 553( 716) 219 55 3.7 4.4 4.8 4.1 3.9 JC_B 1.68 00:20 ecamera 381( -604) 269 80 4.1 3.7 4.1 4.0 4.2 ND3 1.33 05:39 dcamera 380( 315) -13 68 3.6 3.6 4.1 3.6 3.6 - 1.27 ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:00 40 -2 8 356 (N) 118 ptly cldy none 17:00 39 -1 6 351 (N) 139 mstly clr none 18:00 39 5 3 344 (NNW) 129 clear none 19:00 38 8 14 291 (WNW) 134 clear none 20:00 37 12 8 310 (NW) 155 clear none 21:00 38 11 9 330 (NNW) 145 clear none 22:00 37 12 14 326 (NW) 152 clear none 23:00 38 12 19 322 (NW) 122 clear none 00:00 39 6 15 314 (NW) 147 clear none 01:00 40 3 14 330 (NNW) 147 clear none 02:00 40 6 18 317 (NW) 150 clear none 03:00 40 7 10 323 (NW) 149 mstly clr none 04:00 40 6 17 323 (NW) 143 mstly clr none 05:00 39 6 17 299 (WNW) 138 mstly clr none 06:00 38 4 14 289 (WNW) 160 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 SOFTWARE ---------- Current TCC version: 1.2.4 Current HUB version: v20171231_01 Current TUI version: 2.6.0