Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20210915 From: cgray@apo.nmsu.edu Date: Thu, 16 Sep 2021 12:47:23 +0000 (UTC) Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Wednesday, September 15, 2021 PROG PI ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) -------------------------------------------------------------------- CU04 Y.Notsu Y.Notsu JH06 N.Dello A.McKay ACTUAL PROG INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- CU04 ECHELLE 00:00 01:10 JH06 ECHELLE 01:10 06:02 PROG SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS NOT USED I/ROW/DTN START FINISH D B D B D B D B ----------------------------------------------------------------- CU04/R 19:17 01:10 0 4.7 0 0 0.0 1.2 0 0 JH06/R 01:10 06:39 0 0 0 0 4.5 1.0 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: C.Gray The night started with thunderstorms coming our way and we were not able to open until midnight. However, once we did open, the seeing was amazing!! A few clouds here and there until dawn. 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 00:06 ecamera 323( 174) 243 48 16.2 14.7 14.6 14.6 15.8 Clear 1.04 01:24 ecamera 383( 244) 306 71 16.1 15.2 15.6 15.3 15.5 ND3 0.63 ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:00 66 45 15 219 (SW) 1494 ptly cldy none 17:00 61 40 7 92 (E) 996 ptly cldy none 18:00 61 38 13 84 (E) 954 ptly cldy none 19:00 56 43 16 76 (ENE) 1274 ptly cldy none 20:00 57 39 5 133 (SE) 1017 mstly cldy rain 21:00 56 41 12 190 (S) 1452 cloudy rain 22:00 56 41 14 137 (SE) 1628 cloudy lt rain 23:00 56 37 8 96 (E) 1287 cloudy none 00:00 62 33 10 317 (NW) 1006 ptly cldy none 01:00 61 37 9 271 (W) 1335 mstly clr none 02:00 60 36 9 266 (W) 1233 mstly clr none 03:00 58 36 9 249 (WSW) 1065 clear none 04:00 57 35 7 261 (W) 889 clear none 05:00 58 35 7 236 (SW) 828 clear none 06:00 57 40 6 241 (WSW) 1204 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