Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20240411 From: dembicky@apo.nmsu.edu Date: Fri, 12 Apr 2024 12:33:24 +0000 (UTC) Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Thursday, April 11, 2024 PROG PI ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) -------------------------------------------------------------------- AP01 S.Merkowitz R.McMillan NA01 A.Jaskot A.Jaskot BY03 A.Mosenkov K.Adams, S.Bahr ON-SKY PROG INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- AP01 APOLLO 19:39 20:39 NA01 KOSMOS 20:39 00:59 BY03 ARCTIC 01:16 06:12 PROG SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS NOT USED I/ROW/DTN START FINISH D B D B D B D B ----------------------------------------------------------------- AP01/R 19:39 20:39 0 0 0 0 0.0 1.0 0 0 NA01/R 20:39 01:10 0 0 0 0 1.8 2.8 0 0 BY03/R 01:10 06:28 0 0 0 0 5.3 0.0 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: J.Dembicky No telescope problems tonight. Some thin clouds at the end of the night but otherwise clear. ------- 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 19:47 APOLLO 350( 1946) -84 40 9.2 10.7 10.4 10.5 9.6 -- 1.40 21:00 klow 275( 1063) -134 41 9.2 9.0 9.3 8.5 8.7 -- 1.10 01:21 arctic 379( 1138) 240 54 8.2 7.5 8.1 7.4 7.7 SDSS_r 1.16 01:23 NA2gdr -2617(35382) 240 53 8.4 7.5 8.1 7.3 7.6 clear 1.30 ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:00 55 15 20 236 (SW) 1960 clear none 17:00 54 12 12 216 (SW) 1958 clear none 18:00 54 12 16 222 (SW) 1907 clear none 19:00 51 9 8 188 (S) 1899 clear none 20:00 48 7 12 209 (SSW) 2045 clear none 21:00 49 5 10 184 (S) 1940 clear none 22:00 48 7 13 182 (S) 2016 clear none 23:00 48 8 17 177 (S) 1957 clear none 00:00 48 9 18 169 (S) 2119 clear none 01:00 46 9 18 157 (SSE) 1890 clear none 02:00 47 11 17 168 (SSE) 1886 clear none 03:00 47 11 18 170 (S) 1975 clear none 04:00 46 12 14 168 (SSE) 2102 mstly clr none 05:00 46 12 14 179 (S) 2058 mstly clr none 06:00 47 12 16 176 (S) 2137 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: 3.1.5