Date: Thu, 3 Sep 2020 22:23:22 -0000 Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20200902 From: mcmillan@apo.nmsu.edu Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Wednesday, September 02, 2020 PROG PI ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) -------------------------------------------------------------------- EN01 B.Ketzeback R.McMillan DD02 J.Burchett R.McMillan,J.Burchett,D.Jones ACTUAL PROG INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- EN01 ARCTIC 19:20 20:00 EN01 NICFPS 20:06 22:00 EN01 ARCTIC 22:07 23:08 EN01 NA2GDR 23:10 01:20 EN01 ARCTIC 01:27 02:45 EN01 SHACK 02:50 03:35 EN01 ARCTIC 03:42 03:58 EN01 ECHELLE 04:00 04:15 EN01 ARCTIC 04:18 04:58 DD02 ARCTIC 05:00 05:52 PROG SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS NOT USED I/ROW/DTN START FINISH D B D B D B D B ----------------------------------------------------------------- EN01/R 19:34 05:00 0 0 0 0 0.5 8.9 0 0 DD02/R/D 05:00 06:31 0 0 0 0 0.0 1.5 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: R.McMillan We had a few clouds at evening twilight, otherwise a lovely photometric night with good seeing. I got LOTS of engineering done so there was even enough time left for a little pickup science at the end of the 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 22:22 arctic 552( 1255) -77 36 15.4 15.6 16.2 15.2 15.4 sdss_r 1.07 03:08 shack 375( 1582) 45 53 15.3 14.9 15.6 14.8 14.9 - 1.00 05:32 arctic 480( 1123) 194 55 15.7 14.6 15.3 14.4 14.9 i 0.88 ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:00 68 31 8 258 (WSW) 913 mstly clr none 17:00 68 31 7 247 (WSW) 938 mstly clr none 18:00 70 31 6 260 (W) 937 mstly clr none 19:00 65 31 10 295 (WNW) 988 ptly cldy none 20:00 62 31 1 288 (WNW) 897 mstly clr none 21:00 61 31 8 86 (E) 763 clear none 22:00 59 31 8 104 (ESE) 749 clear none 23:00 60 31 1 157 (SSE) 878 clear none 00:00 60 30 9 131 (SE) 879 clear none 01:00 62 30 3 255 (WSW) 629 clear none 02:00 60 30 8 213 (SSW) 867 clear none 03:00 59 30 9 223 (SW) 1014 clear none 04:00 60 30 6 215 (SW) 940 clear none 05:00 60 30 6 258 (WSW) 888 clear none 06:00 60 30 5 265 (W) 921 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 HUB version: v20171231_01 Current TUI version: 2.6.0