Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20190414 From: cgray@apo.nmsu.edu Date: Mon, 15 Apr 2019 12:24:54 +0000 (UTC) Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Sunday, April 14, 2019 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- B.Bolin B.Bolin DIS 19:43 23:06 B.Bolin B.Bolin NICFPS 23:15 00:02 T.Thuan Y.Izotov Tspec 00:13 06:10 INST SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B D B ---------------------------------------------------------------- UW08/R 19:41 01:10 0 0 0 0 0.0 5.5 0 0 UV05/R 01:10 06:25 0 0 0 0 2.0 3.2 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: C.Gray The night started off with high clouds and hazes which pretty much powered through the whole night. Seeing was moderate expect for a couple hours near midnight when it was subarcsecond. The first OU group has arrived and had some TUI practice tonight. No problems tonight. ------- 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 21:05 dcamera 537( 695) 18 65 7.0 7.1 7.7 6.9 6.9 -- 1.12 23:21 NICFPS 553( 1305) 22 54 6.8 6.8 7.4 6.9 6.8 MK-H 0.66 00:19 tcamera 619( 1067) -43 45 7.2 6.6 7.2 6.6 6.8 Ks 1.19 ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:00 50 15 11 253 (WSW) 346 ptly cldy none 17:00 52 18 12 258 (WSW) 335 ptly cldy none 18:00 49 16 19 225 (SW) 391 ptly cldy none 19:00 47 16 10 211 (SSW) 312 ptly cldy none 20:00 45 15 13 247 (WSW) 300 mstly clr none 21:00 46 15 16 212 (SSW) 327 mstly clr none 22:00 45 13 12 237 (WSW) 583 mstly clr none 23:00 45 12 12 254 (WSW) 480 ptly cldy none 00:00 45 12 17 237 (WSW) 357 ptly cldy none 01:00 44 12 15 277 (W) 330 ptly cldy none 02:00 46 11 22 288 (WNW) 299 ptly cldy none 03:00 45 12 26 288 (WNW) 331 ptly cldy none 04:00 46 13 14 270 (W) 357 ptly cldy none 05:00 45 13 25 277 (W) 343 ptly cldy none 06:00 45 13 16 277 (W) 344 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 STATUS Telescope drives operational. Current TCC version: 1.2.4 Current TUI version: 2.6.0