Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20240403 From: mcmillan@apo.nmsu.edu Date: Thu, 4 Apr 2024 12:32:02 +0000 (UTC) Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Wednesday, April 03, 2024 PROG PI ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) -------------------------------------------------------------------- OU01 M.Kilic M.Kilic+class CU02 Y.Notsu Y.Notsu ON-SKY PROG INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- OU01 KOSMOS 19:49 01:12 CU02 ECHELLE 01:16 06:02 PROG SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS NOT USED I/ROW/DTN START FINISH D B D B D B D B ----------------------------------------------------------------- OU01/R 19:34 01:10 0 0 0 0 5.6 0.0 0 0 CU02/R 01:10 06:38 0 0 0 0 3.1 2.3 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: R.McMillan A lovely clear night, good seeing during first half and meh seeing during second half. Galaxies actually DO look good in the eyepiece, but only during dark time! ------- 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 03:14 ecamera 438( -190) 210 68 2.7 1.6 3.0 2.5 2.6 ND2 0.97 19:09 kosmos 325( 1076) 65 65 5.9 8.5 7.6 8.4 7.0 - 0.93 ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:00 49 23 10 259 (W) 488 clear none 17:00 48 18 5 252 (WSW) 398 clear none 18:00 48 16 10 298 (WNW) 430 clear none 19:00 44 13 8 304 (NW) 391 clear none 20:00 43 10 7 322 (NW) 360 clear none 21:00 43 10 6 302 (WNW) 401 clear none 22:00 43 11 7 224 (SW) 392 clear none 23:00 42 13 5 193 (SSW) 382 clear none 00:00 41 13 8 190 (S) 515 clear none 01:00 39 14 3 195 (SSW) 495 clear none 02:00 39 14 8 183 (S) 471 clear none 03:00 39 14 7 186 (S) 440 clear none 04:00 37 13 6 179 (S) 414 clear none 05:00 40 13 6 186 (S) 411 clear none 06:00 38 12 6 189 (S) 433 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: 3.1.3