Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20230924 From: dembicky@apo.nmsu.edu Date: Mon, 25 Sep 2023 12:58:37 +0000 (UTC) Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Sunday, September 24, 2023 PROG PI ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) -------------------------------------------------------------------- AP01 S.Merkowitz R.McMillan UW07 B.Morris S.Hawley, L.Hebb UW03 P.Yoachim P.Yoachim CU01 K.McGouldrick K.McGouldrick ON-SKY PROG INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- AP01 APOLLO 19:06 20:08 UW07 ECHELLE 20:08 01:08 UW03 KOSMOS 01:08 04:22 CU01 TSPEC 04:38 06:38 PROG SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS NOT USED I/ROW/DTN START FINISH D B D B D B D B ----------------------------------------------------------------- AP01/R 19:06 20:06 0 0 0 0 0.0 1.0 0 0 UW07/R 20:06 01:10 0 0 0 0 0.0 5.1 0 0 UW03/R 01:10 04:30 0 0 0 0 2.1 1.2 0 0 CU01/R 04:30 06:45 0 0 0 0 2.2 0.0 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: J.Dembicky Kosmos Focus best focus - seeing was a little variable with the wind out of east From imager Focus FWHM 327 0.85 From slitviewer best focus Focus FWHM 421 1.14 Observer said spectra looked good at the image focus value. 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 20:17 ecamera 237( 236) 114 69 14.4 15.0 14.9 14.0 14.2 ND3 0.93 01:36 kosmos 227( 1201) 264 52 13.1 13.2 13.8 12.9 13.1 -- 0.85 04:42 tcamera 345( 1448) -40 58 11.8 11.7 12.4 11.6 11.7 Ks 1.05 ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:00 64 36 14 269 (W) 411 mstly clr none 17:00 66 36 18 255 (WSW) 447 mstly clr none 18:00 62 31 8 276 (W) 324 clear none 19:00 59 32 9 301 (WNW) 403 clear none 20:00 56 30 10 327 (NNW) 339 clear none 21:00 59 32 6 307 (NW) 353 clear none 22:00 58 35 4 280 (W) 407 clear none 23:00 58 35 4 260 (W) 444 clear none 00:00 58 35 1 174 (S) 441 clear none 01:00 57 30 7 92 (E) 379 clear none 02:00 57 29 9 88 (E) 436 clear none 03:00 54 30 20 77 (ENE) 495 clear none 04:00 54 33 17 77 (ENE) 634 clear none 05:00 53 35 16 80 (E) 681 clear none 06:00 53 35 16 80 (E) 636 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