Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20211212 From: cgray@apo.nmsu.edu Date: Mon, 13 Dec 2021 13:35:45 +0000 (UTC) Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Sunday, December 12, 2021 PROG PI ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) -------------------------------------------------------------------- AP01 S.Merkowitz R.McMillan UW03 K.Bell K.Bell ON-SKY PROG INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- AP01 APOLLO 16:57 18:03 UW03 Agile 18:06 19:10 UW03 DIS 19:12 20:40 UW03 Agile 20:43 06:25 PROG SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS NOT USED I/ROW/DTN START FINISH D B D B D B D B ----------------------------------------------------------------- AP01/R 17:07 18:07 0 0 0 0 0.0 1.0 0 0 UW03/R 18:07 06:48 0 0 0 0 4.8 7.9 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: C.Gray We started the night with clear skies and good seeing. Everything was great until the wind started picking up. It really messed with the seeing and then some clouds were blown in. 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 17:05 APOLLO 600( 1861) 60 61 4.1 7.0 6.2 6.8 6.3 530 1.20 18:16 AGILE 420(-1322) 64 45 3.6 4.8 4.9 4.2 4.2 BG40 0.94 19:17 dcamera 393( 601) 47 56 3.1 3.7 4.2 3.3 3.7 -- 1.01 20:45 AGILE 403(-1475) 115 62 3.0 1.8 3.4 2.4 2.8 BG40 0.75 05:01 AGILE 503(-1368) -49 30 3.1 1.8 3.3 2.9 3.0 BG40 2.15 ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:00 44 19 8 217 (SW) 201 clear none 17:00 40 21 8 218 (SW) 267 clear none 18:00 39 20 10 238 (WSW) 229 clear none 19:00 38 19 10 225 (SW) 219 clear none 20:00 39 20 11 226 (SW) 217 clear none 21:00 38 19 11 216 (SW) 174 clear none 22:00 36 20 9 216 (SW) 220 clear none 23:00 38 18 7 256 (WSW) 204 clear none 00:00 39 10 9 264 (W) 110 mstly clr none 01:00 37 16 12 270 (W) 218 mstly clr none 02:00 39 11 16 273 (W) 171 mstly clr none 03:00 39 15 16 265 (W) 293 clear none 04:00 38 21 14 273 (W) 323 mstly clr none 05:00 38 20 12 270 (W) 323 ptly cldy none 06:00 36 19 14 303 (WNW) 299 ptly cldy 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