Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20211201 From: dembicky@apo.nmsu.edu Date: Thu, 2 Dec 2021 13:24:10 +0000 (UTC) Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Wednesday, December 01, 2021 PROG PI ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) -------------------------------------------------------------------- OU03 M.Kilic M.Kilic, A.Moss, A.Conly UW03 K.Bell K.Bell ON-SKY PROG INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- OU03 Agile 18:25 23:56 UW03 DIS 00:02 06:11 PROG SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS NOT USED I/ROW/DTN START FINISH D B D B D B D B ----------------------------------------------------------------- OU03/R 17:06 00:10 1.3 0 0 0 5.8 0.0 0 0 UW03/R 00:10 06:40 0 0 0 0 4.6 1.9 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: J.Dembicky We had clouds at the start of the night that kept us closed for a bit. Nothing threatening, and made for a nice suset, but thick enough we were not going to see much through them either. 06:58:38 Clamp failed to fully close when rotating from TR2 to NA2 2021-12-02 06:58:38 .telmech.0 0 telmech w RawLine="?LMSTOP clamp failed to fully close\"" I rotated the tert back to TR2 and then to NA2 and it clamped on this attempt. ------- 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 19:32 AGILE 475(-1034) -9 65 8.6 10.0 9.7 9.8 9.9 BG40 0.60 20:51 AGILE 425(-1141) 95 60 8.2 8.8 9.1 8.4 8.9 BG40 0.76 23:03 AGILE 350(-1271) 13 35 6.7 7.2 7.6 6.6 7.0 BG40 1.16 01:09 dcamera 438( 779) 111 70 8.1 6.7 7.4 6.8 6.9 -- 1.22 ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:00 50 1 1 233 (SW) 369 cloudy none 17:00 50 18 5 184 (S) 597 cloudy none 18:00 48 17 2 167 (SSE) 513 mstly cldy none 19:00 48 13 2 199 (SSW) 361 ptly cldy none 20:00 47 -2 3 222 (SW) 126 ptly cldy none 21:00 46 -3 3 245 (WSW) 88 clear none 22:00 45 3 3 261 (W) 101 clear none 23:00 46 -2 7 269 (W) 67 clear none 00:00 46 -4 7 265 (W) 40 mstly clr none 01:00 46 0 7 257 (WSW) 45 ptly cldy none 02:00 45 5 8 270 (W) 75 ptly cldy none 03:00 46 13 11 268 (W) 88 ptly cldy none 04:00 45 24 12 279 (W) 133 ptly cldy none 05:00 45 28 12 287 (WNW) 164 ptly cldy none 06:00 45 28 12 307 (NW) 153 mstly clr 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