Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20220917 From: ajt@apo.nmsu.edu Date: Sun, 18 Sep 2022 12:46:34 +0000 (UTC) Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Saturday, September 17, 2022 PROG PI ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) -------------------------------------------------------------------- UW07 B.Morris L.Hebb,S.Hawley JH08 T.Marriage M.Hilton ON-SKY PROG INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- UW07 ECHELLE 19:15 03:40 JH08 NICFPS 03:45 06:14 PROG SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS NOT USED I/ROW/DTN START FINISH D B D B D B D B ----------------------------------------------------------------- UW07/R 19:15 03:40 0 0 0 0 4.6 3.8 0 0 JH08/R 03:40 06:41 0 0 0 0 0.0 3.0 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: A.Townsend Pointing was slightly off with echelle and Russet adjusted the tertiary tilt. Some annoying clouds during A-half, and a very clear and peaceful rest of the night. Even NICFPS behaved! ------- 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 19:37 ecamera 533( 323) -8 59 15.6 17.8 17.9 17.6 16.0 ND2 1.18 03:53 NICFPS 331( 1361) 29 54 12.8 12.2 12.8 12.3 12.6 MK-Ks 1.50 ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:00 65 45 8 181 (S) 565 ptly cldy none 17:00 67 45 9 217 (SW) 579 ptly cldy none 18:00 68 45 14 222 (SW) 598 ptly cldy none 19:00 62 44 3 187 (S) 503 ptly cldy none 20:00 60 43 18 141 (SE) 556 ptly cldy none 21:00 59 43 18 150 (SSE) 533 ptly cldy none 22:00 59 42 18 146 (SE) 495 clear none 23:00 58 40 21 154 (SSE) 463 clear none 00:00 57 40 22 143 (SE) 584 clear none 01:00 56 39 20 148 (SSE) 519 clear none 02:00 56 39 19 133 (SE) 500 clear none 03:00 56 40 14 146 (SE) 444 clear none 04:00 55 41 14 171 (S) 481 clear none 05:00 55 39 12 164 (SSE) 424 clear none 06:00 56 39 18 188 (S) 412 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