Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20220903 From: ajt@apo.nmsu.edu Date: Sun, 4 Sep 2022 12:34:20 +0000 (UTC) Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Saturday, September 03, 2022 PROG PI ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) -------------------------------------------------------------------- WY01 C.Kobulnicky C.Kobulnicky+Class ON-SKY PROG INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- WY01 KOSMOS 19:56 21:48 WY01 ECHELLE 23:48 03:24 WY01 KOSMOS 03:28 05:54 PROG SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS NOT USED I/ROW/DTN START FINISH D B D B D B D B ----------------------------------------------------------------- WY01/O 19:34 06:32 0 2.0 0 0 6.4 2.6 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: A.Townsend&C.Gray Closed at 21:48 due to radar. Opened 2 hours later when the clouds, humidity, and radar all dropped. Wind gusts were over 30 mph for most of A-half, humidity was up and down all night, and seeing wasn’t great but the WY01 class got a lot of time on sky! ------- 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 20:09 klow 476( 1096) 74 65 12.5 13.2 13.9 13.1 12.6 -- 1.51 23:56 ecamera 373( -143) -108 62 11.1 11.3 12.2 11.3 11.2 Clear 3.76 02:44 ecamera 387( -170) -124 35 9.9 10.1 10.8 9.9 10.1 Clear 2.24 03:38 klow 515( 973) 140 67 10.4 9.8 10.5 9.7 10.2 -- 2.47 ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:00 59 31 9 98 (E) 726 clear none 17:00 60 31 23 70 (ENE) 564 clear none 18:00 57 30 23 71 (ENE) 657 mstly clr none 19:00 56 30 24 72 (ENE) 629 mstly clr none 20:00 55 30 18 68 (ENE) 1013 ptly cldy none 21:00 54 29 14 63 (ENE) 985 ptly cldy none 22:00 53 30 12 72 (ENE) ptly cldy humid 23:00 53 30 22 68 (ENE) mstly clr humid 00:00 52 30 24 77 (ENE) mstly clr none 01:00 51 30 21 68 (ENE) 1173 ptly cldy none 02:00 52 29 18 73 (ENE) 727 mstly clr none 03:00 50 29 3 106 (ESE) 806 mstly clr none 04:00 50 30 1 304 (NW) 677 mstly clr humid 05:00 50 30 12 68 (ENE) 885 clear none 06:00 51 27 14 80 (E) 657 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