Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20200130 From: dembicky@apo.nmsu.edu Date: Fri, 31 Jan 2020 12:43:59 +0000 (UTC) Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Thursday, January 30, 2020 PROG PI ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) -------------------------------------------------------------------- AP01 T.Murphy R.McMillan, T.Murphy UW08 M.Graham B.Sipocz, M.Graham, K. Bell UV04 C.Sarazin M.Sun ACTUAL PROG INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- AP01 APOLLO 17:42 18:40 UW08 DIS 18:40 00:05 UV04 DIS 00:05 03:15 PROG SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS NOT USED I/ROW/DTN START FINISH D B D B D B D B ----------------------------------------------------------------- AP01/R 17:42 18:42 0 0 0 0 0.0 1.0 0 0 UW08/R 18:42 00:10 0 0 0 0 1.2 4.3 0 0 UV04/R 00:10 06:50 3.6 0 0 0 3.1 0.0 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: J.Dembicky I needed to home DIS turret during checkout, detent was 4000 and 1200 gratings were off by 24 steps. After home things were much happier. Closed at 03:15 due to wind and humidity. We gave up at 05:20 with high humidity. ------- FAILURE LOG ------- FAILURE MODE TIME PROG INSTR TI/SHU START FINISH DESCRIPTION ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------- FOCUS LOG --------------- Time Instrument Focus Az El Temp Strc Prim Sec Air filt FWHM -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 17:47 APOLLO 500( 1087) -67 56 -2.8 -0.3 -0.3 -0.6 -2.0 -- 1.20 18:46 dcamera 413( 108) -29 57 -2.9 -1.6 -1.7 -2.5 -2.9 -- 1.22 21:31 dcamera 447( 119) 136 41 -2.7 -2.4 -2.3 -2.9 -2.6 -- 1.22 22:32 dcamera 433( 54) -41 52 -3.6 -3.3 -2.6 -3.3 -3.6 -- 1.27 00:12 dcamera 437( 11) 24 51 -4.4 -4.3 -3.7 -4.4 -4.4 -- 1.36 ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:00 28 12 5 296 (WNW) 435 mstly clr none 17:00 28 13 13 330 (NNW) 296 mstly clr none 18:00 27 14 7 315 (NW) 262 mstly clr none 19:00 27 14 4 67 (ENE) ptly cldy none 20:00 28 12 8 32 (NNE) 186 ptly cldy none 21:00 28 14 12 315 (NW) 219 ptly cldy none 22:00 27 15 4 344 (NNW) 251 ptly cldy none 23:00 25 15 10 3 (N) 369 mstly clr none 00:00 24 12 18 16 (NNE) 181 mstly clr none 01:00 23 14 19 55 (NE) 145 mstly clr none 02:00 22 14 16 62 (ENE) 205 clear none 03:00 20 15 29 70 (ENE) ptly cldy humid 04:00 19 18 31 76 (ENE) cloudy none 05:00 18 18 24 75 (ENE) cloudy lt snow 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 SOFTWARE ---------- Current TCC version: 1.2.4 Current HUB version: v20171231_01 Current TUI version: 2.6.0