Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20221202 From: dembicky@apo.nmsu.edu Date: Sat, 3 Dec 2022 13:50:07 +0000 (UTC) Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Friday, December 02, 2022 PROG PI ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) -------------------------------------------------------------------- NM07 E.Nielsen A.Peck, H.Gallamore UW02 P.Yoachim J.Jiang BY01 B.Boizelle B.Boizelle WY01 M.Brotherton A.Cavanaugh ON-SKY PROG INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- NM07 ECHELLE 17:21 21:25 UW02 ARCTIC 21:30 23:56 BY01 TSPEC 00:10 01:39 WY01 TSPEC 02:25 03:00 WY01 TSPEC 03:40 06:30 PROG SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS NOT USED I/ROW/DTN START FINISH D B D B D B D B ----------------------------------------------------------------- NM07/R 17:06 21:30 0 0 0 0 0.0 4.4 0 0 UW02/R 21:30 00:10 0 0 0 0 0.0 2.7 0 0 BY01/R 00:10 01:55 0 0 0 0 0.0 1.8 0 0 WY01/R 01:55 06:41 0.7 0 0 0 3.5 0.6 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: J.Dembicky I needed to kick nicfps this afternoon when it didn't want to set the exp time. I restated the nubs which resolved the issue. During checkout, Motion error at 29.3 slewing down The clouds grew worse of the the first half of the night and the UW observer stopped a just few minutes early as the clouds were causing them problems. With the clouds the WY observer decided to just take cals first, as I was in the dome and had it closed for the BY observer to take their cals. We had lots of clouds so it probably didn't matter to take them now or at the end. Clouds did thin out at the end of the night. 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 17:26 ecamera 477( -277) 79 59 6.2 6.3 6.4 6.1 6.3 ND3 0.98 21:34 arctic 417( 747) 137 54 6.6 5.9 6.4 6.0 6.2 SDSS_r 0.92 21:35 NA2gdr 2639(36639) 137 54 6.7 5.9 6.4 5.9 6.2 clear 1.13 00:15 tcamera 423( 890) 133 62 6.4 5.7 6.3 5.8 6.1 Ks 0.87 02:32 tcamera 423( 902) -23 54 6.2 5.8 6.2 6.0 6.1 Ks 0.74 ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:00 44 33 17 285 (WNW) 363 ptly cldy none 17:00 43 33 21 282 (WNW) 369 ptly cldy none 18:00 44 34 22 293 (WNW) 402 ptly cldy none 19:00 43 31 19 298 (WNW) 347 ptly cldy none 20:00 44 32 17 297 (WNW) 417 ptly cldy none 21:00 44 32 16 285 (WNW) 366 ptly cldy none 22:00 44 32 13 271 (W) 397 ptly cldy none 23:00 44 31 18 274 (W) 364 mstly cldy none 00:00 44 33 17 266 (W) 425 mstly cldy none 01:00 44 34 11 265 (W) 396 mstly cldy none 02:00 43 34 10 238 (WSW) 366 mstly cldy none 03:00 43 34 11 219 (SW) 339 cloudy none 04:00 43 34 10 200 (SSW) 268 cloudy none 05:00 43 34 14 192 (SSW) 280 mstly cldy none 06:00 43 34 15 201 (SSW) 201 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