Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20220212 From: cgray@apo.nmsu.edu Date: Sun, 13 Feb 2022 13:48:21 +0000 (UTC) Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Saturday, February 12, 2022 PROG PI ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) -------------------------------------------------------------------- BY01 B.Boizelle B.Boizelle UW07 B.Morris L.Hebb OU01 J.Wisniewski M.Schutte ON-SKY PROG INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- BY01 TripleSpec 17:55 19:22 UW07 ECHELLE 19:24 23:51 OU01 ARCTIC 00:02 06:24 PROG SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS NOT USED I/ROW/DTN START FINISH D B D B D B D B ----------------------------------------------------------------- BY01/R 17:55 19:25 0 0 0 0 0.0 1.5 0 0 UW07/R 19:25 00:10 0 0 0 0 0.0 4.8 0 0 OU01/R 00:10 06:40 0 0 0 0 1.5 5.0 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: C.Gray gcam needed a nub reset during checkout. The humidity started getting high before sunset and I thought we'd be forced to close but it died down quickly. Seeing went from terrible to fantastic to meh. ------- 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 18:04 tcamera 431( 785) 40 56 -4.4 -1.0 -1.8 -1.5 -2.8 Ks 2.56 19:30 ecamera 393( -537) 99 57 -1.8 -1.7 -2.3 -2.8 -2.4 ND2 0.83 00:18 arctic 424( 541) 119 34 -1.7 -3.3 -2.9 -3.2 -2.2 sdss-i 1.61 ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:00 26 12 3 218 (SW) 459 clear none 17:00 22 2 7 98 (E) 156 clear humid 18:00 20 -2 11 67 (ENE) 135 clear humid 19:00 20 -8 16 76 (ENE) 111 clear none 20:00 20 -10 6 91 (E) 60 clear none 21:00 22 -13 6 100 (E) 59 clear none 22:00 26 -18 3 105 (ESE) 53 clear none 23:00 28 -20 2 162 (SSE) 60 clear none 00:00 25 -20 2 128 (SE) 79 clear none 01:00 24 -17 6 144 (SE) 40 clear none 02:00 24 -19 7 185 (S) 55 clear none 03:00 25 -19 6 187 (S) 75 clear none 04:00 26 -21 7 189 (S) 56 clear none 05:00 28 -24 6 187 (S) 54 clear none 06:00 29 -27 8 196 (SSW) 47 clear 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