Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20230902 From: ajt@apo.nmsu.edu Date: Sun, 3 Sep 2023 12:35:25 +0000 (UTC) Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Saturday, September 02, 2023 PROG PI ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) -------------------------------------------------------------------- CU05 Z.Berta-Thompson Z.Berta-Thompson CU02 A.Kowalski J.Libby-Roberts ON-SKY PROG INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- CU05 KOSMOS 19:48 00:58 CU02 ARCTIC 01:12 05:50 PROG SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS NOT USED I/ROW/DTN START FINISH D B D B D B D B ----------------------------------------------------------------- CU05/R 19:35 01:10 0 0 0 0 1.7 3.9 0 0 CU02/R 01:10 06:31 0 0 0 0 0.0 5.3 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: A.Townsend Clear most of the night with variable seeing. Outside Optidew is reading incorrectly which means our dust counters are not reporting. 1-micron dust counts by handheld counter: 19:20 446 01:05 594 06:20 488 ------- 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 20:01 kosmos 455( 1735) 151 65 17.3 19.8 19.3 19.5 18.7 -- 1.35 01:22 arctic 307( 1386) 300 70 14.8 14.6 15.2 14.3 14.6 SDSS_i 0.88 ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:00 76 39 12 216 (SW) mstly clr none 17:00 73 37 11 235 (SW) mstly clr none 18:00 70 36 11 225 (SW) clear none 19:00 67 37 11 192 (SSW) clear none 20:00 63 35 9 156 (SSE) clear none 21:00 62 35 8 124 (SE) clear none 22:00 62 35 11 126 (SE) clear none 23:00 60 35 18 126 (SE) clear none 00:00 59 33 9 119 (ESE) clear none 01:00 58 33 9 127 (SE) clear none 02:00 60 33 7 150 (SSE) clear none 03:00 62 34 5 248 (WSW) clear none 04:00 62 33 5 189 (S) clear none 05:00 60 32 1 199 (SSW) clear none 06:00 59 32 2 243 (WSW) 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: 3.1.3beta0