Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20240116 From: ajt@apo.nmsu.edu Date: Wed, 17 Jan 2024 13:53:01 +0000 (UTC) Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Tuesday, January 16, 2024 PROG PI ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) -------------------------------------------------------------------- UW04 P.Szkody P.Szkody NM05 A.Dijeau A.Dijeau ON-SKY PROG INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- UW04 KOSMOS 17:40 00:09 NM05 KOSMOS 00:13 06:27 PROG SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS NOT USED I/ROW/DTN START FINISH D B D B D B D B ----------------------------------------------------------------- UW04/R 17:29 00:10 0 0 0 0 0.6 6.1 0 0 NM05/R 00:10 06:57 0 0 0 0 6.8 0.0 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: A.Townsend Focused on KOSMOS spectrograph detector both times. Clear night, good seeing, no telescope or instrument problems. ------- 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 18:00 khigh 450( 875) 103 67 1.3 1.6 2.3 2.3 1.4 -- 0.98 00:21 kosmos 380( 742) -34 55 1.6 0.2 0.9 0.3 0.7 -- 1.00 ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:00 36 2 12 4 (N) 218 clear none 17:00 35 3 10 16 (NNE) 130 clear none 18:00 35 5 10 343 (NNW) 99 clear none 19:00 35 8 10 335 (NNW) 95 clear none 20:00 35 10 2 103 (ESE) 119 clear none 21:00 35 9 4 2 (N) 130 clear none 22:00 34 10 11 323 (NW) 392 clear none 23:00 33 9 7 277 (W) 283 clear none 00:00 34 14 13 269 (W) 844 clear none 01:00 33 14 16 294 (WNW) 312 clear none 02:00 32 11 13 266 (W) 283 clear none 03:00 31 11 19 284 (WNW) 255 clear none 04:00 30 14 13 311 (NW) 528 clear none 05:00 32 12 11 288 (WNW) 625 clear none 06:00 33 11 19 301 (WNW) 460 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: 3.1.3