Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20201010 From: trudyk@apo.nmsu.edu Date: Sun, 11 Oct 2020 13:09:59 +0000 (UTC) Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Saturday, October 10, 2020 PROG PI ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) -------------------------------------------------------------------- CU03 P.Cauley P.Cauley DD01 C.Gray All the students ACTUAL PROG INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- CU03 ECHELLE 18:40 01:10 DD01 ECHELLE 01:10 02:00 DD01 DIS 02:00 03:41 DD01 TSPEC 03:41 06:00 DD01 ARCTIC 06:00 07:00 PROG SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS NOT USED I/ROW/DTN START FINISH D B D B D B D B ----------------------------------------------------------------- CU03/R 18:44 01:10 0 0 0 0 6.3 0.1 0 0 DD01/R 01:10 06:56 0 0 0 0 0.0 5.8 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: T.Rudyk Evening was crystal clear, low winds and excellent seeing. One of the best nights this year. No malfunctions, no problems. We were open all night. ------- 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 18:44 ecamera 542( 176) 57 78 14.1 16.8 16.6 16.3 14.9 nd3 0.68 19:51 ecamera 439( -35) 148 81 13.5 14.6 14.9 13.7 13.5 nd2 0.79 01:09 ecamera 473( -97) 251 80 12.7 12.5 13.0 12.6 12.6 nd3 0.80 02:10 dcamera 591( 940) 137 55 12.5 12.2 12.8 12.3 12.4 - 1.23 03:59 tcamera 442( 1125) 99 49 11.1 11.1 11.8 10.9 10.9 - 1.00 06:19 arctic 555( 1011) 318 49 10.8 10.6 11.0 10.8 10.8 SDSS_g 1.28 ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:00 62 19 13 261 (W) 771 clear none 17:00 66 20 14 228 (SW) 769 clear none 18:00 63 19 14 233 (SW) 763 clear none 19:00 57 17 11 259 (W) 779 clear none 20:00 57 18 9 253 (WSW) 905 clear none 21:00 56 18 12 266 (W) 887 clear none 22:00 56 19 13 287 (WNW) 868 clear none 23:00 56 17 11 271 (W) 768 clear none 00:00 55 17 16 297 (WNW) 765 clear none 01:00 55 18 24 293 (WNW) 801 clear none 02:00 55 18 20 297 (WNW) 903 clear none 03:00 53 18 13 273 (W) 829 clear none 04:00 52 18 15 271 (W) 792 clear none 05:00 51 18 16 272 (W) 781 clear none 06:00 52 17 16 267 (W) 857 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 SOFTWARE ---------- Current TCC version: 1.2.4 Current HUB version: v20171231_01 Current TUI version: 2.6.0