Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20200625 From: trudyk@apo.nmsu.edu Date: Fri, 26 Jun 2020 10:45:43 +0000 (UTC) Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Thursday, June 25, 2020 PROG PI ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) -------------------------------------------------------------------- CU04 J.Dexter C.Gray JH03 Q.Wang Q.Wang ACTUAL PROG INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- CU04 TripleSpec 20:20 01:04 JH03 DIS 01:16 03:16 PROG SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS NOT USED I/ROW/DTN START FINISH D B D B D B D B ----------------------------------------------------------------- CU04/R 20:24 01:10 0 0 0 0 1.1 3.7 0 0 JH03/R 01:10 05:48 2.0 0 0 0 2.6 0.0 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: T.Rudyk Evening started partly cloudy with intermittent showers. The showers passed, and we opened at dusk. Skies stayed reasonably clear, winds were calm, and seeing was ok. By 03:10 clouds with possible rain beset us, so we closed. Rain started afterwards We did not open again. ------- 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 20:39 tcamera 271( 1435) 10 69 18.6 21.7 21.6 21.5 19.1 - 0.97 21:11 tcamera 335( 1428) -39 82 17.9 20.2 20.3 19.8 18.1 - 1.03 22:33 tcamera 311( 1318) -54 59 17.4 18.2 18.6 17.6 17.4 - 1.12 01:22 dcamera 640( 1163) 98 48 15.4 15.8 16.5 15.6 15.5 - 1.81 ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:00 74 36 6 256 (WSW) 655 ptly cldy none 17:00 70 34 6 251 (WSW) 701 ptly cldy lt rain 18:00 74 36 11 255 (WSW) 702 ptly cldy lt rain 19:00 66 30 8 120 (ESE) 477 mstly clr none 20:00 65 28 7 115 (ESE) 384 clear none 21:00 64 27 14 155 (SSE) 492 clear none 22:00 63 32 14 160 (SSE) 847 clear none 23:00 65 32 13 181 (S) 590 clear none 00:00 63 32 14 157 (SSE) 713 mstly clr none 01:00 60 31 18 144 (SE) 542 mstly clr none 02:00 59 32 10 127 (SE) 505 mstly clr none 03:00 62 31 9 179 (S) 599 mstly cldy none 04:00 62 31 15 203 (SSW) 549 mstly cldy rain 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