Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20190517 From: dembicky@apo.nmsu.edu Date: Sat, 18 May 2019 12:14:30 +0000 (UTC) Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Friday, May 17, 2019 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- Y.Notsu Y.Notsu Echelle 19:00 00:04 Y.Zhu D.Ren, X.Zhang PAO 00:07 05:54 INST SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B D B ---------------------------------------------------------------- UW09/R 20:05 01:10 0 0 0 0 0.0 5.1 0 0 NI01/R 01:10 05:54 0 0 0 0 0.0 4.7 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: J.Dembicky After Echelle focus sweep, the focus script does not take a final full frame image with the star still in the offset location. Maybe this is normal behavior and just used of it taking a final full frame image. 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 20:15 ecamera 636( 155) 16 46 9.2 10.9 10.9 10.4 9.3 ND3 1.21 ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:00 55 16 25 266 (W) 1546 ptly cldy none 17:00 56 17 35 241 (WSW) 1347 ptly cldy none 18:00 54 16 19 265 (W) 1437 ptly cldy none 19:00 52 14 19 259 (W) 1401 ptly cldy none 20:00 49 16 17 263 (W) 1071 mstly clr none 21:00 48 17 15 270 (W) 3258 mstly clr none 22:00 47 15 18 295 (WNW) 1320 clear none 23:00 46 15 15 266 (W) 1138 clear none 00:00 45 15 14 267 (W) 1092 ptly cldy none 01:00 45 14 14 272 (W) 1141 ptly cldy none 02:00 44 12 19 266 (W) 1317 mstly clr none 03:00 42 14 12 301 (WNW) 1225 mstly clr none 04:00 41 15 16 275 (W) 1441 mstly clr none 05:00 39 17 18 280 (W) 2033 mstly clr none 06:00 38 15 19 260 (W) 1459 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