Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20240501 From: dembicky@apo.nmsu.edu Date: Thu, 2 May 2024 12:25:15 +0000 (UTC) Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Wednesday, May 01, 2024 PROG PI ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) -------------------------------------------------------------------- UV01 S.Majewski S.Majewski BY06 E.Hintz S.Call, M.Christensen AP01 S.Merkowitz R.McMillan ON-SKY PROG INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- UV01 DIS 19:54 01:04 BY06 TSPEC 01:18 04:47 AP01 APOLLO 04:50 06:07 PROG SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS NOT USED I/ROW/DTN START FINISH D B D B D B D B ----------------------------------------------------------------- UV01/R 19:54 01:10 0 0 0 0 5.3 0.0 0 0 BY06/R 01:10 05:06 0 0 0 0 1.8 2.2 0 0 AP01/R 05:06 06:06 0 0 0 0 0.0 1.0 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: J.Dembicky Alt Motion error 2024-05-02 03:11:49 .tcc.0 0 tcc w BadAltStatus; AltStat=67.172339,-0.006200,5221336309.70000,0x0c00e001; AltDTime=0.11 Slewing from 67 to 47 altitude, halted drive. Power cycle and init fixed. No other issues 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 20:50 dcamera 361( 1184) 168 80 12.3 13.9 13.8 13.5 12.2 -- 1.16 21:33 dcamera 490( 1248) 276 43 11.7 12.0 12.7 11.9 11.6 -- 1.44 01:38 tcamera 441( 1453) -107 53 10.1 9.7 10.3 9.8 9.9 Ks 1.35 05:26 APOLLO 400( 1838) 45 28 7.2 7.1 7.8 6.9 7.0 -- 1.70 ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:00 63 13 24 221 (SW) 1923 clear none 17:00 61 12 18 240 (WSW) 1749 clear none 18:00 62 12 27 216 (SW) 1757 clear none 19:00 58 8 21 218 (SW) 1567 clear none 20:00 54 5 20 252 (WSW) 1604 clear none 21:00 54 6 19 264 (W) 2065 clear none 22:00 53 7 22 268 (W) 1601 clear none 23:00 52 10 19 274 (W) 1658 clear none 00:00 51 11 16 293 (WNW) 1695 clear none 01:00 50 12 15 270 (W) 1729 clear none 02:00 50 14 18 282 (WNW) 1742 clear none 03:00 48 15 17 286 (WNW) 1879 clear none 04:00 47 19 18 288 (WNW) 2417 clear none 05:00 46 18 13 305 (NW) 2278 clear none 06:00 45 18 21 310 (NW) 2394 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