Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20190406 From: trudyk@apo.nmsu.edu Date: Sun, 7 Apr 2019 12:21:42 +0000 (UTC) Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Saturday, April 06, 2019 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- N.Chanover R.McMillan,T.Rudyk Eyepiece 19:35 22:15 J.Bally J.Bally Arctic 22:20 23:00 J.Bally J.Bally Nicfps 23:18 23:45 J.Bally J.Bally DIS 00:00 01:10 M.Graham B.Sipocz DIS 01:10 06:20 INST SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B D B ---------------------------------------------------------------- DD01/R 19:35 22:30 0 0 0 0 1.6 1.4 0 0 CU07/R 22:30 01:10 0 0 0 0 2.7 0.0 0 0 UW07/R 01:10 06:35 0 0 0 0 5.4 0.0 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: T.Rudyk Evening started partly cloudy, then it cleared in time for our eyepiece tour. It continued to be clear for the whole night. Seeing was average. A calm, quiet night. ------- 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 22:27 arctic 600( 920) 126 52 5.3 5.2 5.7 5.0 4.9 SDSS_r 1.20 23:15 NICFPS 600( 1248) 135 54 5.0 4.7 5.3 4.5 4.7 MK-J 1.33 23:59 dcamera 491( 513) 140 61 4.6 4.3 4.8 4.1 4.2 - 1.64 01:08 dcamera 546( 553) 164 75 5.2 4.2 4.7 4.1 4.6 - 1.34 ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:00 45 18 14 279 (W) 566 ptly cldy none 17:00 45 16 11 265 (W) 503 ptly cldy none 18:00 45 18 13 289 (WNW) 645 ptly cldy none 19:00 43 17 8 270 (W) 663 mstly clr none 20:00 42 17 6 277 (W) 584 clear none 21:00 42 15 6 270 (W) 565 clear none 22:00 42 13 7 261 (W) 476 clear none 23:00 41 18 10 271 (W) 537 clear none 00:00 40 24 8 275 (W) 529 clear none 01:00 41 25 12 304 (NW) 523 clear none 02:00 42 23 12 311 (NW) 591 clear none 03:00 42 22 6 343 (NNW) 604 clear none 04:00 41 23 13 2 (N) 501 clear none 05:00 40 23 17 16 (NNE) 463 clear none 06:00 40 24 15 22 (NNE) 442 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