Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20190831 From: dembicky@apo.nmsu.edu Date: Sun, 1 Sep 2019 12:15:22 +0000 (UTC) Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Saturday, August 31, 2019 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- J.Hughes J.Hughes ARCTIC 19:38 01:04 M.Bentz R.Merritt DIS 01:14 06:29 INST SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B D B ---------------------------------------------------------------- SU01/R 19:38 01:10 0 0 0 0 4.3 1.2 0 0 GS04/R 01:10 06:29 0 0 0 0 5.3 0.0 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: J.Dembicky Pesky clouds to start the evening, we opened since there didn't seem to be a threat of precipitation. No problems tonight other than pesky clouds at times. Observer took DIS dome cals in the morning so I left the instrument mounted for them. ------- 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 20:14 arctic 375( 1151) 191 62 16.5 17.6 17.6 17.4 16.6 Wash-C 1.20 20:16 NA2gdr -627(36372) 191 62 16.4 17.6 17.6 17.4 16.6 clear 1.30 21:27 arctic 428( 1147) 75 56 15.8 16.3 16.6 16.0 15.9 V 1.00 01:20 dcamera 404( 850) -79 76 14.6 14.5 15.0 14.3 14.3 -- 1.20 ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:00 58 46 13 11 (N) 314 ptly cldy none 17:00 64 42 5 187 (S) 376 ptly cldy none 18:00 63 43 1 114 (ESE) 236 mstly clr none 19:00 62 42 10 123 (ESE) 289 ptly cldy none 20:00 62 41 11 144 (SE) 402 ptly cldy none 21:00 60 42 18 126 (SE) 400 ptly cldy none 22:00 61 42 17 126 (SE) 446 ptly cldy none 23:00 61 42 13 138 (SE) 524 mstly clr none 00:00 58 43 13 111 (ESE) 544 mstly clr none 01:00 59 42 20 127 (SE) 777 ptly cldy none 02:00 58 42 18 147 (SSE) 905 ptly cldy none 03:00 57 43 17 148 (SSE) 721 mstly clr none 04:00 57 42 18 137 (SE) 701 mstly clr none 05:00 57 41 8 165 (SSE) 595 mstly clr none 06:00 57 43 12 180 (S) 769 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