Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20200207 From: trudyk@apo.nmsu.edu Date: Sat, 8 Feb 2020 13:44:21 +0000 (UTC) Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Friday, February 07, 2020 PROG PI ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) -------------------------------------------------------------------- UW11 C.Sakari C.Sakari ACTUAL PROG INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- UW11 ECHELLE 17:50 06:10 PROG SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS NOT USED I/ROW/DTN START FINISH D B D B D B D B ----------------------------------------------------------------- UW11/R 17:50 06:45 0 0 0 0 0.1 12.8 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: T.Rudyk Evening started partly cloudy with ok seeing. Seeing worsened as the night progressed. Clouds came and went, with persistant haze over the site. Clouds and haze blew out around 23:00. Seeing improved somewhat as well. It was smooth sailing from then on. 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 17:52 ecamera 483( -555) 55 69 1.9 2.5 3.0 2.9 2.6 ND4 1.15 19:11 ecamera 400( -679) 124 77 1.6 1.7 2.3 1.7 1.8 ND1 1.27 20:37 ecamera 444( -660) 28 79 1.6 1.1 1.9 1.4 1.4 clear 1.46 23:53 ecamera 406( -696) 169 68 3.2 1.1 1.9 1.3 1.8 clear 1.13 03:45 ecamera 468( -611) -21 71 4.3 1.6 2.7 1.8 3.1 clear 0.90 ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:00 36 20 19 297 (WNW) 196 ptly cldy none 17:00 37 20 13 279 (W) 158 ptly cldy none 18:00 37 19 20 272 (W) 156 ptly cldy none 19:00 35 21 9 258 (WSW) 305 ptly cldy none 20:00 35 20 11 237 (WSW) 306 ptly cldy none 21:00 37 19 7 256 (WSW) 224 ptly cldy none 22:00 38 18 7 252 (WSW) 197 ptly cldy none 23:00 34 19 4 187 (S) 255 clear none 00:00 38 18 8 219 (SW) 193 clear none 01:00 35 18 6 202 (SSW) 170 clear none 02:00 39 16 1 257 (WSW) 109 clear none 03:00 38 14 5 255 (WSW) 34 clear none 04:00 40 13 4 287 (WNW) 34 clear none 05:00 39 12 8 305 (NW) 18 clear none 06:00 38 14 7 300 (WNW) 33 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