Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20221231 From: mcmillan@apo.nmsu.edu Date: Sat, 1 Jan 2022 10:40:08 +0000 (UTC) Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Friday, December 31, 2021 PROG PI ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) -------------------------------------------------------------------- BY06 J.W.Moody J.W.Moody BY02 B.Boizelle B.Boizelle NM06 K.Sanderson K.Sanderson ON-SKY PROG INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- BY06 KOSMOS --:-- --:-- BY02 TSPEC --:-- --:-- NM06 KOSMOS --:-- --:-- PROG SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS NOT USED I/ROW/DTN START FINISH D B D B D B D B ----------------------------------------------------------------- BY06/R 17:16 22:40 5.4 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 BY02/R 22:40 00:10 1.5 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 NM06/R 00:10 06:57 5.8 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: R.McMillan Happy bottom of the analemma! (This holiday needs a better name.) We got over 6 inches of heavy wet snow, along with a good dose of snow and fog. I ran the snow program, did some shoveling, and updated the Q1 schedule. ------- 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 31 30 26 224 (SW) cloudy lt snow 17:00 31 30 24 219 (SW) cloudy lt snow 18:00 31 30 29 218 (SW) cloudy lt snow 19:00 32 30 25 206 (SSW) cloudy snow 20:00 32 31 25 204 (SSW) cloudy snow 21:00 33 31 32 216 (SW) cloudy snow 22:00 32 30 24 256 (WSW) cloudy lt snow 23:00 32 30 30 232 (SW) cloudy lt snow 00:00 30 27 41 253 (WSW) cloudy lt snow 01:00 28 25 33 248 (WSW) cloudy lt snow 02:00 27 24 30 257 (WSW) cloudy lt snow 03:00 28 24 18 235 (SW) cloudy lt snow 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