Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20190522 From: mcmillan@apo.nmsu.edu Date: Thu, 23 May 2019 11:52:46 +0000 (UTC) Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Wednesday, May 22, 2019 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- G.Wallerstein E.Farrell DIS 20:40 01:08 S.Lepine N.Hejazi ECHELLE 01:14 04:45 T.Murphy R.McMillan APOLLO 04:50 05:30 INST SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B D B ---------------------------------------------------------------- UW11/R 20:09 01:10 0 0 0 0 3.5 1.5 0 0 GS02/R 01:10 04:51 0 0 0 0 0.0 3.7 0 0 AP01/R 04:51 05:51 0 0 0 0 0.0 1.0 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: R.McMillan It was clear all night, but seeing was mediocre for most of the night and downright bad at the end. ------- 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 20:37 tcamera 982( 1460) 22 45 7.3 7.2 6.5 7.2 7.1 Ks 1.57 20:48 dcamera 929( 1482) 43 32 12.1 14.3 13.4 14.4 12.9 - 1.80 04:54 APOLLO 550( 1746) -15 29 9.7 9.3 9.8 9.2 9.6 530 2.20 ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:00 60 16 29 224 (SW) 2177 clear none 17:00 63 17 31 206 (SSW) 4830 clear none 18:00 62 17 30 216 (SW) 3716 clear none 19:00 61 15 16 218 (SW) 3141 clear none 20:00 56 13 19 219 (SW) 3999 clear none 21:00 54 13 18 255 (WSW) 3464 clear none 22:00 53 13 14 265 (W) 2175 clear none 23:00 52 14 15 237 (WSW) 1308 clear none 00:00 52 15 13 247 (WSW) 1328 clear none 01:00 51 17 14 221 (SW) 1010 clear none 02:00 50 18 15 208 (SSW) 1019 clear none 03:00 50 18 12 235 (SW) 755 clear none 04:00 50 18 11 195 (SSW) 730 clear none 05:00 49 17 17 193 (SSW) 737 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