Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20220918 From: mcmillan@apo.nmsu.edu Date: Mon, 19 Sep 2022 11:11:41 +0000 (UTC) Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Sunday, September 18, 2022 PROG PI ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) -------------------------------------------------------------------- UW02 S.Tuttle S.Tuttle AP01 S.Merkowitz R.McMillan ON-SKY PROG INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- UW02 ARCTIC --:-- --:-- AP01 APOLLO --:-- --:-- PROG SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS NOT USED I/ROW/DTN START FINISH D B D B D B D B ----------------------------------------------------------------- UW02/R 19:14 05:41 5.4 5.0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0 0 AP01/R 05:41 06:41 0 1.0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: R.McMillan We had a thunderstorm at the start of the night, followed by fog and some extremely volatile humidity. All dewpoint sensors were bouncing up and down on short timescales; there was no reasonable time to open. ------- 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:00 61 49 8 177 (S) 559 cloudy lt rain 17:00 60 47 10 127 (SE) 545 cloudy lt rain 18:00 57 49 3 259 (W) 564 cloudy rain 19:00 53 52 9 184 (S) 857 cloudy rain 20:00 50 48 6 165 (SSE) 560 cloudy rain 21:00 50 47 15 144 (SE) cloudy lt rain 22:00 52 46 19 141 (SE) 426 cloudy fog 23:00 55 50 13 142 (SE) 518 cloudy fog 00:00 55 50 19 154 (SSE) 586 cloudy humid 01:00 54 50 22 143 (SE) 564 cloudy humid 02:00 56 49 19 172 (S) cloudy humid 03:00 53 50 7 186 (S) 494 cloudy humid 04:00 53 51 8 187 (S) cloudy humid 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