Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20190902 From: cgray@apo.nmsu.edu Date: Tue, 3 Sep 2019 12:19:09 +0000 (UTC) Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Monday, September 02, 2019 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- S.Tuttle C.Gray,R.McMillan,Students ECHELLE 19:35 22:30 S.Tuttle C.Gray,R.McMillan,Students ARCTIC 22:30 01:06 J.Keller J.Keller,S.Haley ARCTIC 01:08 06:05 INST SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B D B ---------------------------------------------------------------- UW02/R 19:35 01:10 0 0 0 0 3.1 2.5 0 0 CU02/R 01:10 06:31 0 0 0 0 5.3 0.0 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: C.Gray We had an issue with the NA2 rotator during check out (a PR was send) and it had to be zeroed out (it was off by about 2 degrees). It's monsoon season and we had clear skies almost the full night! The weather must have known UW needed a break. But the seeing was a bit wiggly, only moderate all night. The UW class was a bunch of fun and we learned a ton in a short amount of time (no one fell asleep!). ---------------------- Sometimes teaching is like herding cats. I can say that the UW class is amazing and are very well trained cats, so here's a little ditty just for them. Meow meow meow meow Meow meow meow meow We want star light, moon light sliver, Obs specs, obs spec, please deliver! We want low wind, not a river Obs specs, obs spec, please deliver! we want clear skies, photon giver Obs specs, obs spec, please deliver! Meow meow meow meow Meow meow meow meow ------- 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 20:34 ecamera 482( 119) 12 34 15.0 16.3 16.6 15.7 15.1 ND2 1.41 22:31 arctic 417( 1051) 194 74 14.2 14.7 15.3 14.5 14.3 r 1.22 23:59 arctic 365( 981) 69 30 13.7 13.7 14.2 13.6 13.8 r 2.02 01:17 arctic 433( 1014) 27 58 13.6 13.4 13.9 13.3 13.5 VR 1.10 02:46 arctic 411( 974) 93 49 13.1 12.7 13.3 12.7 13.4 VR 1.57 ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:00 67 48 12 196 (SSW) 444 mstly cldy none 17:00 66 49 7 165 (SSE) 532 mstly cldy none 18:00 65 45 8 90 (E) 545 ptly cldy none 19:00 62 49 11 131 (SE) 566 ptly cldy none 20:00 60 48 12 114 (ESE) 593 mstly clr none 21:00 60 46 12 110 (ESE) 525 mstly clr none 22:00 58 43 20 128 (SE) 447 clear none 23:00 57 41 17 114 (ESE) 582 clear none 00:00 56 40 13 113 (ESE) 505 clear none 01:00 56 39 8 91 (E) 541 clear none 02:00 56 39 8 116 (ESE) 460 clear none 03:00 55 39 7 90 (E) 410 clear none 04:00 56 39 5 107 (ESE) 431 clear none 05:00 58 39 5 271 (W) 448 clear none 06:00 57 39 5 263 (W) 448 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