Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20201209 From: mcmillan@apo.nmsu.edu Date: Thu, 10 Dec 2020 13:19:58 +0000 (UTC) Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Wednesday, December 09, 2020 PROG PI ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) -------------------------------------------------------------------- UV02 R.Wilson R.Wilson CU07 J.Bally J.Bally AP01 T.Murphy R.McMillan ACTUAL PROG INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- UV02 ECHELLE 17:04 00:10 CU07 ECHELLE 00:10 04:02 CU07 ARCTIC 04:05 04:37 AP01 APOLLO --:-- --:-- PROG SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS NOT USED I/ROW/DTN START FINISH D B D B D B D B ----------------------------------------------------------------- UV02/R 17:06 00:10 0 0 0 0 7.1 0.0 0 0 CU07/R 00:10 05:46 0 1.2 0 0 2.0 2.4 0 0 AP01/R 05:46 06:46 0 1.0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: R.McMillan First half was lovely, clear with good seeing. Then a few thin clouds moved in, then a few more, then we had thick clouds with nearby precipitation so it was time to close. ------- 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 18:19 ecamera 628( -186) 248 39 5.1 6.8 6.9 6.2 5.4 ND3 0.89 01:31 ecamera 449( -475) -4 52 5.2 4.7 5.2 4.6 5.0 ND3 0.95 05:11 arctic 548( 712) 43 67 4.8 4.6 5.1 4.7 4.7 657 1.04 ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:00 43 3 9 305 (NW) 174 clear none 17:00 42 9 14 281 (W) 204 clear none 18:00 42 13 14 292 (WNW) 141 clear none 19:00 42 14 12 289 (WNW) 147 clear none 20:00 43 12 9 263 (W) 116 clear none 21:00 43 14 9 272 (W) 166 clear none 22:00 42 17 11 268 (W) 324 clear none 23:00 41 22 10 264 (W) 209 clear none 00:00 41 21 11 264 (W) 157 ptly cldy none 01:00 42 20 12 268 (W) 102 ptly cldy none 02:00 41 21 11 265 (W) 136 ptly cldy none 03:00 41 20 10 257 (WSW) 171 ptly cldy none 04:00 41 20 12 222 (SW) 269 mstly cldy none 05:00 42 24 17 207 (SSW) 118 mstly cldy none 06:00 42 23 21 206 (SSW) 274 mstly cldy 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