Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20230321 From: dembicky@apo.nmsu.edu Date: Wed, 22 Mar 2023 11:04:21 +0000 (UTC) Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Tuesday, March 21, 2023 PROG PI ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) -------------------------------------------------------------------- NM03 S.Ho S.Ho UW05 K.Suberlak K.Suberlak ON-SKY PROG INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- NM03 KOSMOS 20:00 21:00 UW05 KOSMOS --:-- --:-- PROG SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS NOT USED I/ROW/DTN START FINISH D B D B D B D B ----------------------------------------------------------------- NM03/R 19:24 01:10 4.2 0 0 0 1.4 0.2 0 0 UW05/R 01:10 06:56 5.8 0 0 0 5.8 0.0 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: J.Dembicky My observer was taking cals during twilight, but we could have opened. We opened at the end of twilight for about an hour before the clouds got too thick to observe. We never re-opened the rest of the night due to clouds. ------- 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 20:17 kosmos 792( 1096) 6 55 10.0 6.4 5.6 6.5 6.1 -- 2.16 ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:00 25 258 (WSW) 765 cloudy none 17:00 25 257 (WSW) 1036 cloudy none 18:00 33 261 (W) 1165 cloudy none 19:00 27 267 (W) 872 mstly cldy none 20:00 23 259 (W) 802 ptly cldy none 21:00 18 261 (W) 785 cloudy none 22:00 24 257 (WSW) 638 cloudy none 23:00 24 256 (WSW) 682 cloudy none 00:00 13 250 (WSW) 892 cloudy none 01:00 21 241 (WSW) 765 cloudy none 02:00 24 237 (WSW) 953 cloudy none 03:00 20 246 (WSW) 681 cloudy none 04:00 22 241 (WSW) 644 cloudy none 05:00 16 233 (SW) cloudy 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: 2.6.0