Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20231025
From: dembicky@apo.nmsu.edu
Date: Thu, 26 Oct 2023 13:13:04 +0000 (UTC)
                      Apache Point Observatory
                      3.5m Telescope Night Log
                      Wednesday, October 25, 2023
PROG  PI ASTRONOMER      OBSERVER(S)
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GS02  D.Gies            K.Shepard
UW02  P.Yoachim         J.Jiang
WY02  M.Brotherton      M.Brotherton
                         ON-SKY
PROG  INSTRUMENT     START   FINISH
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GS02  ECHELLE        19:10   00:02
GS02  ECHELLE        01:10   02:02
UW02  KOSMOS         02:06   05:03
WY02  TSPEC          05:20   07:03
   PROG       SCHEDULED      WEATH     EQUIP     OBS     NOT USED
 I/ROW/DTN  START  FINISH   D    B    D    B    D    B    D    B
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GS02/R      18:28  02:10    0   1.7   0    0   0.0  6.0   0    0
UW02/R      02:10  05:07    0    0    0    0   0.3  2.6   0    0
WY02/R      05:07  07:07    0    0    0    0   2.0  0.0   0    0
note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time
              ------------- ACTIVITY LOG --------------
Observing Specialist: J.Dembicky
I delayed opening at the start of the night due to borderline high humidity.
Humidity went over the limit around midnight for about 1 hr which caused us to close.
My 2nd observer had an issue where the KOSMOS slitviewer wasn't updating images.  I had him restart TUI which fixed the issue.
No telescope problems tonight.
                    ------- FAILURE LOG -------
              FAILURE MODE     TIME
PROG   INSTR     TI/SHU    START  FINISH  DESCRIPTION
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            ---------------- FOCUS LOG ---------------
Time  Instrument  Focus     Az  El  Temp Strc Prim  Sec  Air  filt  FWHM
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 19:21 ecamera    417(   31)  82  73   3.9  6.8  6.7  7.1  4.7   ND1  1.07
 01:20 ecamera    414(  -86) -116  43   6.1  3.9  4.7  3.9  5.2   ND3  1.26
 02:11 kosmos   306(  847)  13  57   3.8  4.0  5.0  4.3  4.4   --  1.32
 05:25 tcamera    399( 1170) -111  52   5.7  4.6  5.4  4.8  5.2   Ks  0.90
               ------------- WEATHER LOG ----------------
                                   Wind                      Precip.or
     Time   Temp F Dewp F  MPH  Direction    Dust    Sky    Conditions
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     16:00    42    36      4   257  (WSW)    812 mstly cldy   none
     17:00    44    36     12   236   (SW)    936 mstly cldy   none
     18:00    43    37     10   260    (W)   1018  ptly cldy  humid
     19:00    39    35      9   259    (W)           clear     none
     20:00    39    34      7   260    (W)    948    clear     none
     21:00    40    34      3   193  (SSW)   1135    clear     none
     22:00    40    32      2   187    (S)    834    clear     none
     23:00    44    33      2   267    (W)    539    clear     none
     00:00    39    36      4   214   (SW)           clear    humid
     01:00    40    36      1   247  (WSW)           clear     none
     02:00    41    34      5   342  (NNW)    507    clear     none
     03:00    42    33      9   307   (NW)    445    clear     none
     04:00    41    34     11   340  (NNW)    447    clear     none
     05:00    42    34     11   336  (NNW)    581    clear     none
     06:00    42    34     12   312   (NW)    627    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