Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20241026 From: dembicky@apo.nmsu.edu Date: Sun, 27 Oct 2024 13:23:46 +0000 (UTC) Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Saturday, October 26, 2024 PROG PI ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) -------------------------------------------------------------------- UW09 P.Szkody P.Szkody NA02 J.Barry F.Paolino, B.Horner AP01 S.Merkowitz R.McMillan, B.Ketzeback ON-SKY PROG INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- UW09 KOSMOS 18:26 00:59 NA02 TSpec 01:15 05:58 AP01 APOLLO 06:03 07:08 PROG SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS NOT USED I/ROW/DTN START FINISH D B D B D B D B ----------------------------------------------------------------- UW09/R 18:26 01:10 0 0 0 0 6.7 0.0 0 0 NA02/R 01:10 06:09 0 0 0 0 1.7 3.3 0 0 AP01/R 06:09 07:09 0 0 0 0 0.0 1.0 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: J.Dembicky 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 18:57 khigh 207( 1285) 86 69 12.4 15.6 15.1 15.3 13.8 -- 1.00 20:36 khigh 357( 1324) -68 66 13.4 13.2 13.7 13.1 13.3 -- 0.77 01:26 tcamera 337( 1437) 119 79 12.2 11.9 12.5 11.8 11.8 Ks 0.93 06:12 APOLLO 287( 1909) 69 49 12.2 11.4 11.9 11.4 11.6 -- 1.40 ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:00 64 34 9 191 (S) 1252 clear none 17:00 61 34 11 225 (SW) 1629 clear none 18:00 57 34 14 191 (S) 1748 clear none 19:00 55 34 10 208 (SSW) 1908 clear none 20:00 56 33 15 225 (SW) 1646 clear none 21:00 56 33 18 211 (SSW) 1468 clear none 22:00 56 33 16 213 (SSW) 1602 clear none 23:00 56 33 12 181 (S) 1518 clear none 00:00 55 31 16 209 (SSW) 1474 clear none 01:00 54 29 15 204 (SSW) 1245 clear none 02:00 53 26 12 193 (SSW) 1016 clear none 03:00 54 22 12 203 (SSW) 863 clear none 04:00 54 22 11 204 (SSW) 809 clear none 05:00 55 22 8 215 (SW) 925 clear none 06:00 54 22 11 228 (SW) 924 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