Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20231215 From: ajt@apo.nmsu.edu Date: Sat, 16 Dec 2023 13:56:22 +0000 (UTC) Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Friday, December 15, 2023 PROG PI ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) -------------------------------------------------------------------- NM08 A.Dijeau A.Dijeau UW02 P.Yoachim J.Jiang NM09 K.Sanderson K.Sanderson ON-SKY PROG INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- NM08 KOSMOS 17:33 21:30 UW02 KOSMOS 21:31 00:04 NM09 DIS 00:23 06:23 PROG SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS NOT USED I/ROW/DTN START FINISH D B D B D B D B ----------------------------------------------------------------- NM08/R 17:07 21:30 0 0 0 0 1.5 2.9 0 0 UW02/R 21:30 00:10 0 0 0 0 2.7 0.0 0 0 NM09/R 00:10 06:50 0 0 0 0 6.7 0.0 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: A.Townsend Photometric for most of the night with pretty good seeing. No telescope or instrument problems. ------- 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 17:56 kosmos 170( 715) -4 52 0.4 4.0 3.8 5.1 1.8 -- 1.92 21:42 kosmos 300( 697) 170 51 2.1 0.8 1.9 1.1 1.9 -- 0.92 00:30 dcamera 426( 645) 104 59 1.9 0.8 1.9 1.6 1.6 -- 1.15 ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:00 37 22 1 175 (S) 615 clear none 17:00 34 20 6 346 (NNW) 436 clear none 18:00 34 20 11 64 (ENE) 462 clear none 19:00 37 21 1 211 (SSW) 400 clear none 20:00 35 19 3 252 (WSW) 468 clear none 21:00 35 16 7 353 (N) 248 clear none 22:00 36 7 4 354 (N) 211 clear none 23:00 34 6 7 357 (N) 190 clear none 00:00 36 4 10 7 (N) 119 clear none 01:00 35 1 4 285 (WNW) 96 clear none 02:00 37 -6 11 37 (NE) 57 clear none 03:00 35 -9 13 59 (ENE) 70 clear none 04:00 34 -11 9 35 (NE) 68 clear none 05:00 37 -15 8 22 (NNE) 72 mstly clr none 06:00 36 -11 0 226 (SW) 60 mstly clr 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