Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20210308 From: mcmillan@apo.nmsu.edu Date: Tue, 9 Mar 2021 13:09:03 +0000 (UTC) Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Monday, March 08, 2021 PROG PI ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) -------------------------------------------------------------------- UW08 P.Szkody P.Szkody UW04 B.Williams P.Nedialkov,D.Bizyaev ACTUAL PROG INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- UW08 DIS --:-- --:-- UW04 DIS 02:45 05:35 PROG SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS NOT USED I/ROW/DTN START FINISH D B D B D B D B ----------------------------------------------------------------- UW08/R 18:15 00:10 5.9 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0 0 UW04/R 00:10 06:12 1.6 0 0 0 2.5 1.9 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: R.McMillan We had medium to thick clouds for most of the night, and also radar signals with varying levels of belivability. I tried opening during second half when the radar signals were further away, but I'm not sure very many photons were gathered. ------- 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 02:51 dcamera 503( 623) -52 67 7.2 7.5 8.0 7.6 7.4 - 1.52 ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:00 49 20 16 210 (SSW) 3356 cloudy none 17:00 49 20 13 227 (SW) 2922 cloudy none 18:00 47 20 11 224 (SW) 3414 cloudy none 19:00 48 19 14 193 (SSW) 3250 mstly cldy none 20:00 49 18 15 238 (WSW) 2588 mstly cldy none 21:00 47 17 16 219 (SW) 2520 mstly cldy none 22:00 47 18 17 218 (SW) 2863 ptly cldy none 23:00 47 17 20 212 (SSW) 2621 ptly cldy none 00:00 47 17 20 223 (SW) 2238 mstly cldy none 01:00 46 16 16 218 (SW) 1978 mstly cldy none 02:00 46 14 16 216 (SW) 1311 mstly cldy none 03:00 45 17 17 248 (WSW) 1828 ptly cldy none 04:00 44 15 14 258 (WSW) 1655 ptly cldy none 05:00 44 12 16 264 (W) 1028 mstly cldy none 06:00 44 10 17 266 (W) 985 mstly 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