Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20240130
From: ajt@apo.nmsu.edu
Date: Wed, 31 Jan 2024 12:27:51 +0000 (UTC)
                      Apache Point Observatory
                      3.5m Telescope Night Log
                      Tuesday, January 30, 2024
PROG  PI ASTRONOMER      OBSERVER(S)
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NM01  N.Chanover        N.Chanover,A.Conly,A.Peck,R.DeColibus
UW02  P.Yoachim         J.Jiang
UW05  C.Chandler        C.Chandler
                         ON-SKY
PROG  INSTRUMENT     START   FINISH
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NM01  TSPEC          18:05   19:16
UW02  KOSMOS         --:--   --:--
UW05  ARCTIC         --:--   --:--
   PROG       SCHEDULED      WEATH     EQUIP     OBS     NOT USED
 I/ROW/DTN  START  FINISH   D    B    D    B    D    B    D    B
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NM01/R      17:42  00:10   3.1  2.0   0    0   1.2  0.0   0    0
UW02/R      00:10  03:10    0   3.0   0    0   0.0  0.0   0    0
UW05/R/D    03:10  06:50    0   3.7   0    0   0.0  0.0   0    0
note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time
              ------------- ACTIVITY LOG --------------
Observing Specialist: A.Townsend
Clouds got increasingly worse after sunset. Though we got on sky and focused they were really too thick for science and we gave up as the storm coming up from the southwest got too close. We ended up getting some light snow flurries/wintry mix type precipitation a few times over the night, and it stayed completely overcast, so we weren't able to open again.
Telescope and instruments behaved fine apart from the existing DIS red and echelle problems.
New KOSMOS slits with updated bolts (yay!) are in the black suitcase on the observing level.
                    ------- FAILURE LOG -------
              FAILURE MODE     TIME
PROG   INSTR     TI/SHU    START  FINISH  DESCRIPTION
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            ---------------- FOCUS LOG ---------------
Time  Instrument  Focus     Az  El  Temp Strc Prim  Sec  Air  filt  FWHM
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 18:14 tcamera    334( 1243)  17  75   4.4  7.7  6.9  7.5  6.8   Ks  1.03
               ------------- WEATHER LOG ----------------
                                   Wind                      Precip.or
     Time   Temp F Dewp F  MPH  Direction    Dust    Sky    Conditions
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     16:00    45    23      6   285  (WNW)    252  ptly cldy   none
     17:00    43    24      4   263    (W)    288 mstly cldy   none
     18:00    41    23      3   261    (W)    251 mstly cldy   none
     19:00    41    23      1   233   (SW)    347 mstly cldy   none
     20:00    41    24      2   205  (SSW)    395 mstly cldy   none
     21:00    40    24      2   198  (SSW)    313   cloudy     none
     22:00    42    22      2   172    (S)    156   cloudy     none
     23:00    41    23      4   188    (S)    175   cloudy   lt snow
     00:00    39    28      1   132   (SE)    243   cloudy   lt snow
     01:00    37    27      5   189    (S)    399   cloudy     none
     02:00    37    27      8   183    (S)    388   cloudy     none
     03:00    36    29     15   129   (SE)    367   cloudy     rain
     04:00    37    31     19   178    (S)    345   cloudy   lt rain
     05:00    37    30     10   179    (S)    350   cloudy     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.
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