Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20231214 From: cgray@apo.nmsu.edu Date: Fri, 15 Dec 2023 13:13:05 +0000 (UTC) Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Thursday, December 14, 2023 PROG PI ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) -------------------------------------------------------------------- JH03 Q.Wang Q.Wang NM06 P.Holguin P.Holguin,F.Hasan,H.Cook ON-SKY PROG INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- JH03 KOSMOS 17:07 00:10 NM06 KOSMOS 00:10 06:49 PROG SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS NOT USED I/ROW/DTN START FINISH D B D B D B D B ----------------------------------------------------------------- JH03/R 17:07 00:10 0 0 0 0 5.4 1.7 0 0 NM06/R 00:10 06:49 0 0 0 0 6.6 0.0 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: C.Gray The night started out clear and cold. We had moderate seeing all night and things ran smoothly! 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 17:47 kosmos 266( 638) -75 72 -0.9 0.6 1.4 0.5 -0.2 -- 1.30 00:18 kosmos 256( 545) -43 73 -0.9 -1.2 -1.2 -1.7 -1.3 -- 1.61 ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:00 34 11 15 264 (W) 544 clear none 17:00 32 11 19 307 (NW) 489 clear none 18:00 30 18 5 3 (N) 540 clear none 19:00 30 17 8 21 (NNE) 469 clear none 20:00 30 13 3 345 (NNW) 458 clear none 21:00 29 14 6 289 (WNW) 533 clear none 22:00 27 16 8 35 (NE) 595 clear none 23:00 29 12 6 359 (N) 632 clear none 00:00 30 7 8 359 (N) 370 clear none 01:00 31 8 12 38 (NE) 377 clear none 02:00 31 7 17 15 (NNE) 293 clear none 03:00 32 9 23 22 (NNE) 336 clear none 04:00 34 9 20 30 (NNE) 145 clear none 05:00 35 8 14 33 (NNE) 164 clear none 06:00 36 5 17 57 (ENE) 196 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