Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20201104 From: cgray@apo.nmsu.edu Date: Thu, 5 Nov 2020 13:24:25 +0000 (UTC) Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Wednesday, November 04, 2020 PROG PI ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) -------------------------------------------------------------------- CU02 Z.Berta-Thompson J.Libby-Roberts NM04 E.Nielsen E.Nielsen ACTUAL PROG INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- CU02 ARCTIC 17:18 00:08 NM04 ECHELLE 00:11 06:15 PROG SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS NOT USED I/ROW/DTN START FINISH D B D B D B D B ----------------------------------------------------------------- CU02/R 17:18 00:10 0 0 0 0 2.8 4.1 0 0 NM04/R 00:10 06:16 0 0 0 0 0.0 6.1 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: C.Gray The night started out clear and beautiful! Seeing was excellent (only high at the beginning of the night when we were at high airmass) and we got out users some *fabulous* data! No problems tonight. ------- 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 17:45 arctic 443( 1006) 95 29 10.2 12.5 12.1 12.2 10.2 semrock 1.75 21:22 arctic 463( 850) 43 73 10.3 9.4 10.0 9.2 9.8 semrock 0.75 01:41 ecamera 448( -284) -67 69 9.5 9.0 9.6 8.9 9.2 ND2 0.92 ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:00 54 28 6 264 (W) 757 clear none 17:00 51 28 4 261 (W) 752 clear none 18:00 51 28 1 330 (NNW) 665 clear none 19:00 50 29 9 354 (N) 575 clear none 20:00 50 29 10 6 (N) 526 clear none 21:00 50 24 15 9 (N) 285 clear none 22:00 51 18 21 41 (NE) 230 clear none 23:00 50 18 15 20 (NNE) 210 clear none 00:00 49 15 8 4 (N) 148 clear none 01:00 49 18 17 68 (ENE) 231 clear none 02:00 49 19 22 74 (ENE) 198 clear none 03:00 50 19 22 75 (ENE) 203 clear none 04:00 50 22 20 72 (ENE) 286 clear none 05:00 48 21 18 76 (ENE) 329 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: 1.4.2 Current HUB version: v20171231_01 Current TUI version: 2.6.0