Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20190418 From: mcmillan@apo.nmsu.edu Date: Fri, 19 Apr 2019 12:34:05 +0000 (UTC) Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Thursday, April 18, 2019 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- J.Wisniewski J.Wisniewski,N.Reynolds NICFPS 19:50 22:40 J.Wisniewski J.Wisniewski,N.Reynolds ECHELLE 22:43 22:55 J.Wisniewski J.Wisniewski,N.Reynolds TSPEC 23:12 01:11 M.Brotherton A.Cavanaugh TSPEC 01:13 06:05 INST SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B D B ---------------------------------------------------------------- OU01/O 19:44 01:10 0 0 0 0 0.0 5.4 0 0 WY02/R 01:10 06:21 0 0 0 0 0.0 5.2 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: R.McMillan We had a lovely clear night with surprisingly good seeing after yesterday's storm. Everything worked well, with much education and science happening. Students trained in this group: C.Riggs, R.Hazlett, W.Kirkpatrick, M.Welty, S.Smith, C.Foley, L.Marcos Lopez. ------- 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 20:17 NICFPS 664( 1509) 124 72 8.5 8.8 8.7 8.7 8.4 H 0.80 22:46 ecamera 581( -36) -52 29 6.7 8.0 8.5 7.9 7.8 ND1 1.68 23:16 tcamera 582( 1089) 140 45 8.5 7.7 8.2 7.5 7.8 Ks 1.09 ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:00 47 33 5 255 (WSW) 352 clear none 17:00 47 31 10 311 (NW) 372 clear none 18:00 46 22 7 312 (NW) 312 clear none 19:00 46 25 1 256 (WSW) 261 clear none 20:00 46 21 20 16 (NNE) 223 clear none 21:00 47 12 16 3 (N) 184 clear none 22:00 48 14 9 350 (N) 194 clear none 23:00 45 16 8 336 (NNW) 196 clear none 00:00 47 20 11 301 (WNW) 226 clear none 01:00 47 19 4 255 (WSW) 246 clear none 02:00 46 20 7 282 (WNW) 229 clear none 03:00 46 22 3 259 (W) 228 clear none 04:00 45 21 0 271 (W) 248 clear none 05:00 45 22 5 336 (NNW) 224 clear none 06:00 44 23 9 312 (NW) 267 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