Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20210527 From: decolib@apo.nmsu.edu Date: Fri, 28 May 2021 12:46:04 +0000 (UTC) Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Thursday, May 27, 2021 PROG PI ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) -------------------------------------------------------------------- EN01 B.Ketzeback D.DeColibus,A.Townsend,R.McMillan,D.Buzasi ACTUAL PROG INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- EN01 ARCTIC 20:10 22:45 EN01 ECHELLE 22:49 23:21 EN01 ARCTIC 23:25 23:58 EN01 SHACK 00:05 00:59 EN01 ARCTIC 01:06 01:41 EN01 APOLLO 01:43 02:00 EN01 GUIDER 02:05 04:55 PROG SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS NOT USED I/ROW/DTN START FINISH D B D B D B D B ----------------------------------------------------------------- EN01/W 20:12 05:48 0 0 0 0 1.7 7.9 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: D.DeColibus, A.Townsend, R.McMillan This was a clear and productive night, although somewhat frustrating given the prevalence of motion errors and altitude drive oscillations. See the engineering email(s) for details. ------- 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 21:33 arctic 540( 1210) -38 45 14.9 15.1 15.7 14.8 14.8 SDSS_r 0.75 23:01 ecamera 424( -34) -63 44 15.0 14.5 15.0 14.2 14.9 ND1 1.20 23:31 arctic 525( 1186) -65 25 14.9 14.5 15.1 14.4 15.1 SDSS_i 1.02 00:14 shack 475( 1628) 45 81 13.4 14.1 14.7 14.0 13.9 -- 1.00 02:14 guider 387( 984) 95 59 14.0 13.7 14.4 13.6 13.9 Clear 1.04 ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:00 64 20 13 260 (W) mstly cldy none 17:00 64 21 15 236 (SW) ptly cldy none 18:00 63 19 12 274 (W) mstly clr none 19:00 64 20 11 257 (WSW) clear none 20:00 60 16 11 253 (WSW) clear none 21:00 59 15 14 219 (SW) clear none 22:00 57 13 16 243 (WSW) clear none 23:00 59 15 9 239 (WSW) clear none 00:00 57 13 9 225 (SW) clear none 01:00 57 13 3 237 (WSW) clear none 02:00 58 15 6 262 (W) clear none 03:00 58 15 10 270 (W) clear none 04:00 58 12 7 259 (W) clear none 05:00 57 12 6 274 (W) 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