Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20230506 From: dembicky@apo.nmsu.edu Date: Sun, 7 May 2023 12:11:52 +0000 (UTC) Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Saturday, May 06, 2023 PROG PI ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) -------------------------------------------------------------------- CU04 J.Dexter J.Dexter UW03 A.Tzanidakis A.Tzanidakis ON-SKY PROG INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- CU04 TSPEC 19:57 01:00 UW03 ARCTIC 01:15 05:50 PROG SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS NOT USED I/ROW/DTN START FINISH D B D B D B D B ----------------------------------------------------------------- CU04/R 19:57 01:10 0 0 0 0 1.3 4.0 0 0 UW03/R 01:10 06:02 0 0 0 0 0.0 4.9 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: J.Dembicky 2nd half observer decided to use ARCTIC tonight instead of KOSMOS, which was fine as I already had the filters he wanted loaded into the instrument. No 3.5m 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 20:17 tcamera 505( 1323) 105 65 10.0 13.2 12.6 13.3 11.1 Ks 1.04 01:19 arctic 423( 927) 9 63 10.0 9.7 10.3 9.7 9.9 SDSS_u 0.93 ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:00 24 201 (SSW) 1497 clear none 17:00 16 256 (WSW) 1324 clear none 18:00 18 269 (W) 1783 clear none 19:00 22 219 (SW) 1593 clear none 20:00 19 210 (SSW) 1688 clear none 21:00 24 214 (SW) 1709 clear none 22:00 18 225 (SW) 1754 clear none 23:00 19 238 (WSW) 1763 clear none 00:00 18 254 (WSW) 1658 clear none 01:00 21 266 (W) 1632 clear none 02:00 12 282 (WNW) 1903 clear none 03:00 11 265 (W) 1893 clear none 04:00 16 291 (WNW) 1875 clear none 05:00 16 287 (WNW) 1792 clear none 06:00 15 274 (W) 1448 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: 3.1.1