Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20200916 From: trudyk@apo.nmsu.edu Date: Thu, 17 Sep 2020 13:06:40 +0000 (UTC) Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Wednesday, September 16, 2020 PROG PI ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) -------------------------------------------------------------------- JH03 Q.Wang Q.Wang NM04 C.Churchill M.Croon,B.Stemock ACTUAL PROG INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- JH03 DIS 19:16 01:08 NM04 DIS 01:08 06:20 PROG SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS NOT USED I/ROW/DTN START FINISH D B D B D B D B ----------------------------------------------------------------- JH03/R 19:16 01:10 0 0 0 0 5.9 0.0 0 0 NM04/R 01:10 06:40 0 0 0 0 5.5 0.0 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: T.Rudyk Evening started with clearing skies. We were able to open right at sunset. Winds were somewhat high with fair to poor seeing. Seeing really declined after 21:00 as the winds shifted east. 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 19:37 dcamera 688( 1156) 11 57 13.2 14.8 14.7 14.6 13.6 - 1.43 20:41 dcamera 578( 978) -151 55 12.4 13.3 13.6 12.9 12.6 - 2.05 ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:00 58 32 3 320 (NW) 709 ptly cldy lt rain 17:00 59 31 8 340 (NNW) 657 mstly clr none 18:00 61 21 5 68 (ENE) 898 clear none 19:00 58 19 16 65 (ENE) 990 clear none 20:00 55 27 25 74 (ENE) 566 clear none 21:00 54 28 16 81 (E) 442 clear none 22:00 51 31 23 77 (ENE) 964 clear none 23:00 53 31 26 76 (ENE) 781 clear none 00:00 53 30 21 67 (ENE) 771 clear none 01:00 51 26 19 78 (ENE) 851 clear none 02:00 51 31 13 82 (E) 950 clear none 03:00 50 31 21 73 (ENE) 926 clear none 04:00 50 31 13 78 (ENE) 960 clear none 05:00 47 24 9 70 (ENE) 1111 clear none 06:00 47 30 14 80 (E) 911 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