Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20211111 From: cgray@apo.nmsu.edu Date: Fri, 12 Nov 2021 12:55:11 +0000 (UTC) Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Thursday, November 11, 2021 PROG PI ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) -------------------------------------------------------------------- NM07 A.Hedlund J.Jackiewicz UW03 K.Bell K.Bell ON-SKY PROG INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- NM07 ECHELLE 17:13 23:53 UW03 DIS 00:00 05:38 PROG SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS NOT USED I/ROW/DTN START FINISH D B D B D B D B ----------------------------------------------------------------- NM07/R 17:13 00:10 0 0 0 0 0.0 7.0 0 0 UW03/R 00:10 06:22 0 0 0 0 6.2 0.0 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: C.Gray We had a lovely, clear evening with good seeing. Winds picked up a bit after midnight, peaking at 31 mph, but not enough to force us to close. No problems tonight. ------- 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 17:38 ecamera 539( 94) 217 74 8.5 8.7 8.7 8.5 8.6 ND1 1.00 18:23 ecamera 455( -22) 236 57 8.1 7.9 8.3 7.7 7.9 Clear 1.00 00:06 dcamera 516( 814) 327 46 5.5 5.4 6.2 5.5 5.5 -- 1.13 ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:00 46 14 7 355 (N) 540 clear none 17:00 47 -1 16 26 (NNE) 324 clear none 18:00 47 -10 11 25 (NNE) 281 clear none 19:00 46 -5 11 3 (N) 308 clear none 20:00 45 5 17 7 (N) 303 clear none 21:00 45 8 21 3 (N) 333 clear none 22:00 45 10 14 1 (N) 469 clear none 23:00 44 12 18 23 (NNE) 407 clear none 00:00 43 12 11 17 (NNE) 473 clear none 01:00 43 11 18 16 (NNE) 440 clear none 02:00 43 10 9 14 (NNE) 444 clear none 03:00 44 5 16 16 (NNE) 401 clear none 04:00 44 3 22 34 (NE) 241 clear none 05:00 45 5 16 9 (N) 175 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: 1.4.2 Current HUB version: v20171231_01 Current TUI version: 2.6.0