Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20230703 From: mcmillan@apo.nmsu.edu Date: Tue, 4 Jul 2023 11:50:59 +0000 (UTC) Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Monday, July 03, 2023 PROG PI ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) -------------------------------------------------------------------- BY02 D.Stephens D.Stephens+students NM09 A.Peck A.Peck,J.Klusmeyer ON-SKY PROG INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- BY02 NICFPS 20:25 21:31 BY02 TSPEC 21:43 00:57 NM09 ECHELLE 00:07 05:21 PROG SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS NOT USED I/ROW/DTN START FINISH D B D B D B D B ----------------------------------------------------------------- BY02/R 20:24 01:10 0 0 0 0 0.6 4.1 0 0 NM09/R 01:10 05:51 0 0 0 0 0.0 4.7 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: R.McMillan Afternoon storms had pretty much dissipated by sunset, although we did still have a few bits of cloud passing through for a few hours, and then the sky cleared beautifully. Good seeing all night long, and the telescope and instruments behaved well. ------- 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 20:45 NICFPS 419( 1740) 221 71 18.0 18.6 18.6 18.3 17.7 H 0.84 21:58 tcamera 400( 1405) 299 61 16.1 17.1 17.5 16.8 16.2 Ks 1.21 01:14 ecamera 419( 98) 39 77 17.6 15.6 16.3 15.7 16.8 ND3 0.75 ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:00 62 42 18 72 (ENE) 771 mstly cldy none 17:00 64 40 16 80 (E) 746 mstly cldy none 18:00 68 41 7 99 (E) 827 ptly cldy none 19:00 64 41 11 71 (ENE) 918 ptly cldy none 20:00 64 41 9 85 (E) 998 ptly cldy none 21:00 64 39 14 75 (ENE) 972 mstly clr none 22:00 61 41 15 78 (ENE) 964 mstly clr none 23:00 60 40 14 81 (E) 828 clear none 00:00 60 39 8 81 (E) 898 clear none 01:00 64 36 4 96 (E) 927 clear none 02:00 63 37 5 265 (W) 882 clear none 03:00 60 38 5 139 (SE) 833 mstly clr none 04:00 58 42 3 146 (SE) 956 clear none 05:00 58 43 5 187 (S) 960 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>