Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20210427 From: dembicky@apo.nmsu.edu Date: Wed, 28 Apr 2021 10:39:36 +0000 (UTC) Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Tuesday, April 27, 2021 PROG PI ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) -------------------------------------------------------------------- EN01 B.Ketzeback J.Dembicky ACTUAL PROG INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- EN01 DIS --:-- --:-- PROG SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS NOT USED I/ROW/DTN START FINISH D B D B D B D B ----------------------------------------------------------------- EN01/W 19:51 06:10 0.8 9.5 0 0 0.0 0.0 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: J.Dembicky Clouds and light rain/snow at the start of the night, then clouds for the remainder. I worked on the ARCTIC twilight flats script code tonight. Ready for testing. I wasn't sure if the alt axis amplifiers were swapped out or not, but I did test alt slews and they seemed fine. ------- 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:00 50 23 20 246 (WSW) 8754 cloudy none 17:00 45 22 20 262 (W) 3988 cloudy lt rain 18:00 44 21 15 249 (WSW) 5588 cloudy lt rain 19:00 38 28 7 252 (WSW) 2815 cloudy lt snow 20:00 37 28 8 8 (N) 4818 cloudy lt rain 21:00 39 25 10 273 (W) 2664 cloudy none 22:00 39 26 12 264 (W) 2622 cloudy none 23:00 39 25 12 269 (W) 2189 cloudy none 00:00 38 25 8 265 (W) 1877 mstly cldy none 01:00 37 24 13 274 (W) 1588 mstly cldy none 02:00 38 22 9 264 (W) 1514 mstly cldy none 03:00 37 21 8 294 (WNW) 1344 cloudy none 04:00 37 20 8 347 (NNW) 1264 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: 1.4.2 Current HUB version: v20171231_01 Current TUI version: 2.6.0