Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20231201 From: ajt@apo.nmsu.edu Date: Sat, 2 Dec 2023 11:47:32 +0000 (UTC) Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Friday, December 01, 2023 PROG PI ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) -------------------------------------------------------------------- EN01 B.Ketzeback A.Townsend,R.McMillan,M.Croom ON-SKY PROG INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- EN01 TSPEC --:-- --:-- PROG SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS NOT USED I/ROW/DTN START FINISH D B D B D B D B ----------------------------------------------------------------- EN01/W 17:06 06:40 3.8 9.8 0 0 0.0 0.0 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: A.Townsend Completely overcast all night, with high humidity and snow/freezing fog; we didn't open. Light snow starting around 19:00. Ran Snow Program from about 22:15-03:30. We got maybe an inch of new snow on the ground. Engineering tasks: - Zeroed NA2 rotator (+0.10) - Prospective grad spec visit - Tested new dmg of TUI3.1.3 in Sonoma; no problems - Scheduling Dome is parked south. ------- 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 29 22 24 251 (WSW) 725 cloudy none 17:00 29 22 13 261 (W) 589 cloudy none 18:00 28 21 18 269 (W) 416 cloudy none 19:00 28 21 14 269 (W) 346 cloudy lt snow 20:00 28 21 15 265 (W) 299 cloudy lt snow 21:00 27 24 12 268 (W) cloudy lt snow 22:00 27 24 16 264 (W) cloudy snow 23:00 24 24 20 295 (WNW) cloudy snow 00:00 25 25 18 268 (W) cloudy lt snow 01:00 25 24 15 269 (W) cloudy lt snow 02:00 24 24 15 273 (W) cloudy fog 03:00 23 23 15 297 (WNW) cloudy fog 04:00 24 24 16 276 (W) cloudy fog 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