Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20200805 From: dembicky@apo.nmsu.edu Date: Thu, 6 Aug 2020 12:15:39 +0000 (UTC) Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Wednesday, August 05, 2020 PROG PI ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) -------------------------------------------------------------------- CU06 J.Sebastian J.Sebastian CG01 C.Gray S.Kovac, B.Stemock ACTUAL PROG INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- CU06 ECHELLE 00:40 02:15 CG01 ECHELLE --:-- --:-- PROG SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS NOT USED I/ROW/DTN START FINISH D B D B D B D B ----------------------------------------------------------------- CU06/R 20:06 03:30 1.5 3.3 0 0 0.0 2.6 0 0 CG01/R 03:30 06:12 0 2.7 0 0 0.0 0.0 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: J.Dembicky CLouds at the start with a few sprinkles thrown in for good measure. We finally opened around 00:40 and were able to observe until 02:15 when clouds once again enveloped the site. Rain started a little while later. We never re-opened. ------- 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 00:50 ecamera 38( -311) -82 44 17.6 16.8 18.0 16.7 17.1 Clear 1.17 01:44 ecamera 263( -92) -148 47 17.4 16.7 17.6 16.6 17.0 Clear 0.83 ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:00 55 27 18 145 (SE) cloudy rain 17:00 57 31 14 78 (ENE) 833 cloudy none 18:00 60 33 15 78 (ENE) 728 mstly cldy none 19:00 64 31 9 111 (ESE) 712 mstly cldy none 20:00 62 33 18 114 (ESE) 707 cloudy none 21:00 63 31 8 165 (SSE) 615 cloudy none 22:00 60 33 10 330 (NNW) 1572 cloudy lt rain 23:00 60 33 12 66 (ENE) 1195 mstly cldy none 00:00 63 33 8 162 (SSE) 596 ptly cldy none 01:00 63 33 11 187 (S) 659 ptly cldy none 02:00 63 32 10 191 (S) 896 mstly cldy lt rain 03:00 61 33 12 201 (SSW) 994 cloudy lt rain 04:00 62 27 9 186 (S) 916 cloudy none 05:00 61 30 5 181 (S) 804 cloudy 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