Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20230528 From: cgray@apo.nmsu.edu Date: Mon, 29 May 2023 11:50:35 +0000 (UTC) Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Sunday, May 28, 2023 PROG PI ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) -------------------------------------------------------------------- UW09 B.Morris L.Hebb UW07 J.Hughes J.Hughes ON-SKY PROG INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- UW09 ECHELLE 20:13 01:08 UW07 KOSMOS 01:08 02:37 UW07 KOSMOS 04:30 05:05 PROG SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS NOT USED I/ROW/DTN START FINISH D B D B D B D B ----------------------------------------------------------------- UW09/R 20:13 01:10 0 0 0 0 0.0 5.0 0 0 UW07/R 01:10 05:48 1.9 0 0 0 3.1 1.6 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: C.Gray The night started out clear with great seeing! I thought things were going to continue that way but the pollen made an appearance. We closed until the wind shifted back to the west and pollen decreased. 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 20:24 ecamera 564( 284) -55 34 14.2 15.9 15.9 15.2 14.6 ND3 0.89 21:29 ecamera 410( 38) 138 48 14.0 14.2 14.7 13.6 13.6 ND3 1.08 01:16 kosmos 416( 913) -140 55 10.8 10.5 11.2 10.4 10.5 -- 1.35 04:35 kosmos 420( 909) -23 31 11.6 9.9 10.6 9.9 10.4 -- 1.38 ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:00 64 20 23 217 (SW) 640 clear none 17:00 63 15 11 248 (WSW) 651 clear none 18:00 64 14 15 259 (W) 674 clear none 19:00 63 14 10 266 (W) 662 clear none 20:00 58 11 11 269 (W) 625 clear none 21:00 57 8 10 263 (W) 496 clear none 22:00 57 6 9 250 (WSW) 429 clear none 23:00 53 17 16 198 (SSW) 922 clear none 00:00 52 32 15 183 (S) 1505 clear none 01:00 51 34 13 184 (S) 1134 clear none 02:00 52 32 12 206 (SSW) 1149 clear none 03:00 50 31 11 211 (SSW) 1167 clear none 04:00 50 31 6 198 (SSW) 1252 clear none 05:00 52 25 3 271 (W) 1150 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: a>