Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20190806 From: dembicky@apo.nmsu.edu Date: Wed, 7 Aug 2019 11:45:48 +0000 (UTC) Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Tuesday, August 06, 2019 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- A.Kowalski A.Kowalski ARCTIC --:-- --:-- D.Buzasi D.Buzasi, H.Preston ECHELLE 01:10 05:07 INST SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B D B ---------------------------------------------------------------- CU07/R 20:06 01:10 1.0 4.1 0 0 0.0 0.0 0 0 FG01/O 01:10 06:13 0 0 0 0 5.1 0.0 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: J.Dembicky Radar returns and clouds kept us closed for the first half. The clouds parted around 01:10 and we were able to open. I mounted DIS at the end of the night. Russet wanted to get a contamination image during the day. ------- 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 01:26 ecamera 348( 19) 59 83 17.6 17.6 17.8 17.8 17.8 ND2 0.68 ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:00 69 47 10 241 (WSW) 364 cloudy none 17:00 69 46 7 265 (W) 354 cloudy none 18:00 68 46 7 290 (WNW) 350 cloudy none 19:00 66 45 1 268 (W) 354 cloudy none 20:00 66 45 5 170 (S) 374 cloudy none 21:00 66 45 7 185 (S) 391 cloudy none 22:00 62 48 12 111 (ESE) 352 cloudy none 23:00 63 48 11 123 (ESE) 321 cloudy none 00:00 63 48 12 124 (SE) 347 mstly cldy none 01:00 64 45 14 137 (SE) 416 mstly clr none 02:00 63 45 13 157 (SSE) 447 ptly cldy none 03:00 63 43 11 178 (S) 590 ptly cldy none 04:00 62 44 4 213 (SSW) 618 ptly cldy none 05:00 61 45 5 203 (SSW) 576 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