Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20241021 From: mcroom@apo.nmsu.edu Date: Tue, 22 Oct 2024 14:00:09 +0000 (UTC) Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Monday, October 21, 2024 PROG PI ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) -------------------------------------------------------------------- NM01 C.Gray C.Schmidt WY02 C.Kobulnicky N.Patten UW02 P.Yoachim J.Jiang,D.Meng BY02 S.Call S.Call ON-SKY PROG INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- NM01 ECHELLE 18:32 20:02 WY02 KOSMOS 20:08 21:49 WY02 ECHELLE 21:52 01:03 UW02 KOSMOS 01:09 05:23 BY02 TripleSpec 05:42 06:55 PROG SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS NOT USED I/ROW/DTN START FINISH D B D B D B D B ----------------------------------------------------------------- NM01/R 18:31 20:01 0 0 0 0 1.5 0.0 0 0 WY02/R 20:01 01:10 0 0 0 0 1.8 3.4 0 0 UW02/R 01:10 05:35 0 0 0 0 0.0 4.4 0 0 BY02/R 05:35 07:05 0 0 0 0 0.0 1.5 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: R.McMillan,M.Croom Clear skies all night and good seeing until near dawn! No equipment 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 18:49 ecamera 378( 291) -99 54 9.9 12.9 12.4 13.8 11.2 ND3 0.88 20:17 kosmos 225( 1053) -127 72 10.0 10.3 10.5 9.8 9.9 - 0.94 21:59 ecamera 330( 108) -115 48 10.6 10.0 10.6 9.9 10.3 Clear 0.91 05:46 tcamera 322( 1321) -140 53 10.1 9.4 10.1 9.6 10.0 Ks 2.41 ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:00 54 13 8 272 (W) 398 clear none 17:00 55 18 7 275 (W) 487 clear none 18:00 52 13 2 287 (WNW) 422 clear none 19:00 49 17 11 328 (NNW) 545 clear none 20:00 49 19 2 348 (NNW) 593 clear none 21:00 51 17 11 354 (N) 604 clear none 22:00 51 16 8 342 (NNW) 619 clear none 23:00 51 18 10 354 (N) 710 clear none 00:00 50 21 4 345 (NNW) 662 clear none 01:00 51 20 5 350 (N) 554 clear none 02:00 49 21 11 337 (NNW) 564 clear none 03:00 51 19 13 305 (NW) 589 clear none 04:00 50 19 13 323 (NW) 486 clear none 05:00 50 15 11 323 (NW) 434 clear none 06:00 50 15 8 330 (NNW) 473 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: 3.1.5