Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20220728 From: cgray@apo.nmsu.edu Date: Fri, 29 Jul 2022 12:08:03 +0000 (UTC) Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Thursday, July 28, 2022 PROG PI ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) -------------------------------------------------------------------- UW04 P.Szkody K.Bell UW07 B.Morris B.Morris ON-SKY PROG INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- UW04 Agile 20:13 01:35 UW07 Echelle 01:40 05:15 PROG SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS NOT USED I/ROW/DTN START FINISH D B D B D B D B ----------------------------------------------------------------- UW04/R 20:13 01:10 0 0 0 0 4.6 0.4 0 0 UW06/R 01:10 06:06 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 4.9 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: C.Gray - I needed to reset mirror covers during checkout (not surprising give the INSANE levels of lightning we had this afternoon!!). - nicfps needed init as it was reading all zeros - The Enclosure window is giving error of "failed to get enclosure status" when multiple tasks (but sometimes single tasks) are executed. I sent a PR (2097). So, a good and bad night. I thought the weather was going to be terrible, but it cleared up at sunset and we were able to open on time! What's more, we were at sub-arcsec seeing near 2 airmasses! I had to double check it thinking I'd done a miscalculation. The bad news? The B half program didn't respond to emails, calls, text, or slack. As UW06 was weathered out last night, I was able to contact them and they used the drop in time to much excitement! But...it's going to be a bad morning for someone soon... Note from Jack/Russet: After much discussion, UW06 is being accounted for as Not Used time. UW07 actually did observed during this time period, so the telescope was not idle, but it is being charged against UW06 for not showing up or for us not being able to contact them using multiple channels. ------- 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 20:45 AGILE 480( -764) -4 72 16.1 15.8 16.1 15.8 15.9 BG40 0.86 01:40 ecamera 390( 214) -67 38 13.8 13.9 14.6 14.0 13.8 Clear 1.04 ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:00 59 52 12 108 (ESE) 1779 cloudy rain 17:00 61 50 15 110 (ESE) 1250 cloudy rain 18:00 62 46 15 118 (ESE) 1167 cloudy lt rain 19:00 62 44 18 118 (ESE) 1107 mstly cldy none 20:00 62 44 18 108 (ESE) 1660 mstly clr none 21:00 61 44 19 113 (ESE) 1825 mstly clr none 22:00 61 43 20 127 (SE) 1885 mstly clr none 23:00 60 42 16 114 (ESE) 1899 clear none 00:00 60 42 24 126 (SE) 1728 clear none 01:00 58 45 25 133 (SE) 1831 clear none 02:00 56 49 15 147 (SSE) 1953 clear humid 03:00 56 49 10 181 (S) 1855 clear humid 04:00 57 47 10 186 (S) 1220 clear none 05:00 57 46 13 164 (SSE) 1078 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