Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20230927 From: dembicky@apo.nmsu.edu Date: Thu, 28 Sep 2023 12:49:23 +0000 (UTC) Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Wednesday, September 27, 2023 PROG PI ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) -------------------------------------------------------------------- JH02 K.Schlaufman K.Schlaufman UW03 P.Yoachim P.Yoachim, J.Jiang CU01 K.McGouldrick K.McGouldrick ON-SKY PROG INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- JH02 ECHELLE 19:02 01:04 UW03 KOSMOS 01:06 04:17 CU01 TSPEC 04:37 06:44 PROG SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS NOT USED I/ROW/DTN START FINISH D B D B D B D B ----------------------------------------------------------------- JH02/R 19:02 01:10 0 0 0 0 0.0 6.1 0 0 UW03/R 01:10 04:30 0 0 0 0 0.0 3.3 0 0 CU01/R 04:30 06:47 0 0 0 0 0.8 1.5 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: J.Dembicky I gave the SDSS workshop attendees a tour of the 3.5m telescope this afternoon. 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 19:20 ecamera 292( 507) 98 50 15.5 19.3 18.8 19.8 17.6 ND1 0.93 01:18 kosmos 325( 1399) 264 54 15.6 15.3 15.9 15.2 15.4 -- 0.98 04:41 tcamera 395( 1598) 316 56 14.1 13.8 14.4 13.7 14.2 Ks 1.04 ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:00 70 37 16 238 (WSW) 552 clear none 17:00 65 32 8 247 (WSW) 456 clear none 18:00 65 35 8 267 (W) 508 clear none 19:00 61 35 5 256 (WSW) 618 clear none 20:00 61 36 8 214 (SW) 708 clear none 21:00 61 36 8 191 (S) 802 clear none 22:00 62 36 10 214 (SW) 949 clear none 23:00 61 36 10 208 (SSW) 945 clear none 00:00 61 35 11 214 (SW) 997 clear none 01:00 60 35 11 229 (SW) 1034 clear none 02:00 59 36 12 235 (SW) 1440 clear none 03:00 58 37 11 222 (SW) 895 clear none 04:00 57 38 11 197 (SSW) 736 clear none 05:00 56 35 11 221 (SW) 895 clear none 06:00 56 35 8 198 (SSW) 782 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