Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20241025 From: dembicky@apo.nmsu.edu Date: Sat, 26 Oct 2024 13:21:42 +0000 (UTC) Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Friday, October 25, 2024 PROG PI ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) -------------------------------------------------------------------- GS01 M.Crenshaw J.Falcone, M.Davis, J.Tutterow CU02 Y.Notsu Y.Notsu ON-SKY PROG INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- GS01 KOSMOS 18:27 23:58 CU02 ARCTIC 00:15 07:01 PROG SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS NOT USED I/ROW/DTN START FINISH D B D B D B D B ----------------------------------------------------------------- GS01/R 18:27 00:00 0 0 0 0 5.5 0.0 0 0 CU02/R/D 00:00 01:10 0 0 0 0 1.2 0 0 0 CU02/R 01:10 07:08 0 0 0 0 0.8 5.2 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: J.Dembicky My first half observer finished about an hour early. They did not have enough time to complete another set of exposures. I gave the extra hour to my second half observer who had logged in a few minutes prior. 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 19:14 khigh 225( 1281) 83 72 12.4 15.1 14.6 14.7 14.2 -- 0.88 00:23 arctic 307( 1327) -102 42 13.5 12.9 13.6 12.9 13.1 4170 0.93 00:24 NA2gdr -2440(35560) -102 41 13.7 12.9 13.6 12.9 13.1 R 1.14 ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:00 61 28 12 207 (SSW) 1222 clear none 17:00 61 27 7 187 (S) 1178 clear none 18:00 58 25 2 198 (SSW) 882 clear none 19:00 56 15 5 192 (SSW) 510 clear none 20:00 54 15 5 198 (SSW) 421 clear none 21:00 56 17 8 184 (S) 403 clear none 22:00 57 18 12 216 (SW) 429 clear none 23:00 57 17 9 218 (SW) 464 clear none 00:00 57 17 10 190 (S) 521 clear none 01:00 57 17 11 224 (SW) 575 clear none 02:00 57 19 12 247 (WSW) 820 clear none 03:00 56 20 9 214 (SW) 929 clear none 04:00 56 23 9 239 (WSW) 1076 clear none 05:00 56 22 9 229 (SW) 934 clear none 06:00 53 21 7 192 (SSW) 734 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