Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20231013 From: dembicky@apo.nmsu.edu Date: Sat, 14 Oct 2023 12:58:16 +0000 (UTC) Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Friday, October 13, 2023 PROG PI ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) -------------------------------------------------------------------- BY02 E.Hintz S.Call NM07 D.Bizyaev D.Bizyaev UW02 P.Yoachim J.Jang WY02 M.Brotherton M.Brotherton ON-SKY PROG INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- BY02 TSPEC 18:41 19:48 NM07 KOSMOS 20:04 02:40 UW02 KOSMOS 02:40 04:54 WY02 TSPEC 05:11 06:45 PROG SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS NOT USED I/ROW/DTN START FINISH D B D B D B D B ----------------------------------------------------------------- BY02/R 18:41 19:56 0 0 0 0 1.2 0.0 0 0 NM07/R 19:56 02:40 0 0 0 0 6.7 0.0 0 0 UW02/R 02:40 04:58 0 0 0 0 2.3 0.0 0 0 WY02/R 04:58 06:58 0 0 0 0 2.0 0.0 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: J.Dembicky Nice clear night with good seeing. No problems tonight. ------- 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 18:43 tcamera 470( 1571) 196 73 8.7 11.8 11.3 11.8 9.8 Ks 1.08 20:32 kosmos 142( 920) 76 78 8.4 9.3 9.2 8.7 8.6 - 1.00 02:45 kosmos 241( 1012) -25 58 9.3 8.9 9.4 9.0 9.3 - 1.05 05:16 tcamera 338( 1272) -109 63 8.8 8.2 8.8 8.0 8.3 Ks 0.93 ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:00 55 27 1 218 (SW) 1226 clear none 17:00 54 27 7 259 (W) 1417 clear none 18:00 51 27 5 256 (WSW) 1461 clear none 19:00 47 27 5 287 (WNW) 1455 clear none 20:00 48 25 4 256 (WSW) 1449 clear none 21:00 47 21 6 186 (S) 1129 clear none 22:00 48 22 6 185 (S) 1055 clear none 23:00 50 28 5 199 (SSW) 1394 clear none 00:00 49 29 2 180 (S) 1381 clear none 01:00 48 30 3 208 (SSW) 1362 clear none 02:00 49 31 6 192 (SSW) 1347 clear none 03:00 49 31 8 192 (SSW) 1427 clear none 04:00 49 32 8 214 (SW) 1523 clear none 05:00 49 31 8 197 (SSW) 1510 clear none 06:00 48 30 8 186 (S) 1640 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: 3.1.3