Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20240426
From: cgray@apo.nmsu.edu
Date: Sat, 27 Apr 2024 09:10:22 +0000 (UTC)
                      Apache Point Observatory
                      3.5m Telescope Night Log
                      Friday, April 26, 2024
PROG  PI ASTRONOMER      OBSERVER(S)
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UW04  P.Szkody          P.Szkody
UW02  P.Yoachim         J.Jiang
UW03  A.Tzanidakis      A.Tzanidakis
                         ON-SKY
PROG  INSTRUMENT     START   FINISH
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UW04  KOSMOS=20      20:20   22:54
UW02  KOSMOS         --:--   --:--
UW03  KOSMOS         --:--   --:--
   PROG       SCHEDULED      WEATH     EQUIP     OBS     NOT USED
 I/ROW/DTN  START  FINISH   D    B    D    B    D    B    D    B
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UW04/R      19:50  23:00   0.5   0    0    0   2.4  0.3   0    0
UW02/R      23:00  01:10   0.0  2.2   0    0    0    0    0    0
UW03/R      01:10  06:11   0.0  5.0   0    0    0    0    0    0
note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time
              ------------- ACTIVITY LOG --------------
Observing Specialist: C.Gray
An interesting weather night... We started out with high winds and dust which then led to pollen and a delayed opening. I thought all was good once we opened, but then the wind kicked up something fierce and we closed again. After the wind came a lot of clouds. The clouds then turned to rain north of us. After that, it was just clouds off and on with high winds. The user needed to get on sky by 3am, which wasn't happening so we called it.
No problems tonight.
                    ------- FAILURE LOG -------
              FAILURE MODE     TIME
PROG   INSTR     TI/SHU    START  FINISH  DESCRIPTION
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            ---------------- FOCUS LOG ---------------
Time  Instrument  Focus     Az  El  Temp Strc Prim  Sec  Air  filt  FWHM
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 19:27 kosmos   572( 1355) 137  75   8.1  9.4  9.1  9.4  8.1   --  1.38
 19:42 khigh   575( 1339) 145  77   8.1  9.0  8.8  8.6  8.0   --  1.34
               ------------- WEATHER LOG ----------------
                                   Wind                      Precip.or
     Time   Temp F Dewp F  MPH  Direction    Dust    Sky    Conditions
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     16:00    52    20     20   222   (SW)   2006    clear     dust
     17:00    52    18     16   252  (WSW)   2424    clear     dust
     18:00    52    16     24   241  (WSW)   2789    clear     none
     19:00    51    15     16   226   (SW)   2532    clear     none
     20:00    46    13     22   239  (WSW)   2764    clear     none
     21:00    47    12     24   252  (WSW)   2885 mstly clr    none
     22:00    47    14     16   236   (SW)   2752 mstly clr    none
     23:00    44    16     25   242  (WSW)   2472 mstly clr    none
     00:00    44    17     20   261    (W)   3171   cloudy     none
     01:00    43    20     29   243  (WSW)   2587   cloudy     dust
     02:00    41    20     28   257  (WSW)   2123 mstly cldy   none
     03:00    39    22     20   267    (W)   1937 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.
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