Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20240515 From: ajt@apo.nmsu.edu Date: Thu, 16 May 2024 11:33:35 +0000 (UTC) Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Wednesday, May 15, 2024 PROG PI ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) -------------------------------------------------------------------- UW06 S.Hawley S.Hawley,L.Hebb CU06 J.Bally J.Bally ON-SKY PROG INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- UW06 ECHELLE 20:01 23:14 CU06 NICFPS --:-- --:-- PROG SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS NOT USED I/ROW/DTN START FINISH D B D B D B D B ----------------------------------------------------------------- UW06/R 20:04 01:10 0 2.1 0 0 0.0 3.1 0 0 CU06/R 01:10 05:55 3.3 1.4 0 0 0.0 0.0 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: A.Townsend We observed through clouds for part of A-half, and then the radar caught up with us and we had to close for the night. We got a little bit of light rain in the middle of the night. ------- 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 19:09 ecamera 452( 479) -64 37 13.7 15.1 15.5 14.8 13.9 ND2 1.27 ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:00 68 21 25 216 (SW) 1391 mstly clr none 17:00 63 20 12 217 (SW) 1403 mstly clr none 18:00 63 19 18 221 (SW) 1545 mstly clr none 19:00 61 14 21 221 (SW) 1386 mstly clr none 20:00 57 11 20 238 (WSW) 1468 mstly clr none 21:00 56 11 13 236 (SW) 1856 ptly cldy none 22:00 55 13 9 253 (WSW) 1777 cloudy none 23:00 55 15 12 267 (W) 1470 cloudy none 00:00 54 18 15 273 (W) 1323 cloudy none 01:00 52 20 6 258 (WSW) 1326 cloudy lt rain 02:00 52 24 8 261 (W) 1310 cloudy lt rain 03:00 49 27 4 89 (E) 1284 cloudy none 04:00 48 28 3 191 (S) 1651 cloudy 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