Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20240329 From: dembicky@apo.nmsu.edu Date: Sat, 30 Mar 2024 13:02:36 +0000 (UTC) Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Friday, March 29, 2024 PROG PI ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) -------------------------------------------------------------------- WY04 M.Brotherton M.Brotherton UV03 M.Skrutskie M.Shahbandeh UW06 B.Morris S.Hawley, L.Hebb AP01 S.Merkowitz R.McMillan ON-SKY PROG INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- WY04 TSPEC 19:30 21:00 UV03 TSPEC 21:00 00:59 UW06 ECHELLE 01:03 05:49 AP01 APOLLO 05:49 06:41 PROG SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS NOT USED I/ROW/DTN START FINISH D B D B D B D B ----------------------------------------------------------------- WY04/R 19:30 21:00 0 0 0 0 1.5 0.0 0 0 UV03/R 21:00 01:10 0 0 0 0 2.8 1.4 0 0 UW06/R 01:10 05:45 0 0 0 0 0.0 4.6 0 0 AP01/R 05:45 06:45 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 19:39 tcamera 651( 1681) 183 74 8.8 10.3 9.7 10.4 9.3 Ks 1.20 21:19 tcamera 480( 1412) 275 74 8.5 8.2 8.7 8.2 8.4 Ks 0.95 01:06 ecamera 435( 25) 7 75 6.8 6.3 7.0 6.3 6.5 ND2 0.79 05:56 APOLLO 435( 1766) -5 41 5.4 5.0 5.6 5.0 5.2 -- 1.20 ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:00 52 16 18 265 (W) 1571 clear none 17:00 52 13 23 254 (WSW) 3854 clear dust 18:00 52 13 20 259 (W) 6374 clear dust 19:00 50 11 17 261 (W) 3699 clear none 20:00 48 11 14 247 (WSW) 2746 clear none 21:00 47 13 21 260 (W) 2180 clear none 22:00 47 12 21 253 (WSW) 1749 clear none 23:00 47 10 19 255 (WSW) 1446 mstly clr none 00:00 44 10 22 267 (W) 1179 mstly clr none 01:00 44 11 16 252 (WSW) 1153 mstly clr none 02:00 43 10 18 268 (W) 1014 mstly clr none 03:00 43 11 15 280 (W) 993 mstly clr none 04:00 43 11 16 267 (W) 1057 mstly clr none 05:00 42 11 16 279 (W) 1086 mstly clr none 06:00 41 11 15 291 (WNW) 1055 mstly clr 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