Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20230415 From: cgray@apo.nmsu.edu Date: Sun, 16 Apr 2023 11:12:57 +0000 (UTC) Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Saturday, April 15, 2023 PROG PI ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) -------------------------------------------------------------------- OU03 A.Moss A.Moss FG01 D.Buzasi D.Buzasi ON-SKY PROG INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- OU03 Agile --:-- --:-- FG01 DIS --:-- --:-- PROG SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS NOT USED I/ROW/DTN START FINISH D B D B D B D B ----------------------------------------------------------------- OU03/R 19:42 01:10 5.5 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 FG01/R 01:10 06:24 3.5 1.8 0 0 0 0 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: C.Gray gcam needed a nubs restart during checkout. The night was beautifully clear! But the dust was relentless. The dust never dropped below a safe limit and I called it at 5am. ------- 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 7 339 (NNW) 4225 clear dust 17:00 13 313 (NW) 4438 clear dust 18:00 10 325 (NW) 4555 clear dust 19:00 6 290 (WNW) 4286 clear dust 20:00 0 257 (WSW) 4599 clear dust 21:00 11 83 (E) 4977 clear dust 22:00 13 76 (ENE) 5190 clear dust 23:00 10 55 (NE) 5992 clear dust 00:00 7 93 (E) 5566 clear dust 01:00 15 141 (SE) 4481 clear dust 02:00 14 181 (S) 5179 clear dust 03:00 12 181 (S) 4505 clear dust 04:00 11 125 (SE) 4433 clear dust 05:00 12 149 (SSE) 4691 clear dust 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: a>