Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20240502 From: ajt@apo.nmsu.edu Date: Fri, 3 May 2024 12:41:11 +0000 (UTC) Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Thursday, May 02, 2024 PROG PI ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) -------------------------------------------------------------------- NM05 M.Croom M.Croom UW02 P.Yoachim J.Jiang CU04 Y.Notsu Y.Notsu ON-SKY PROG INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- NM05 KOSMOS 20:35 22:57 UW02 KOSMOS 23:03 00:58 CU04 ARCTIC 01:15 05:55 PROG SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS NOT USED I/ROW/DTN START FINISH D B D B D B D B ----------------------------------------------------------------- NM05/R 19:55 23:00 0 0 0 0 3.1 0.0 0 0 UW02/R 23:00 01:10 0 0 0 0 2.2 0.0 0 0 CU04/R 01:10 06:05 0 0 0 0 2.3 2.6 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: A.Townsend Photometric night with good seeing! Measured pollen counts were all under 40/hr. Restarted gcam nubs during checkout. Motion error slewing in place at 60 alt after doing a set inst from khigh to kosmos at 22:58. Restarted alcor computer to unfreeze the optical all-sky camera. ------- 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 19:48 khigh 400( 1410) 192 45 11.3 13.7 13.0 13.3 11.9 -- 1.29 22:13 kosmos 430( 1271) 35 56 9.8 10.4 11.0 10.2 10.2 -- 0.98 00:21 arctic 335( 1169) 155 64 10.1 9.3 9.9 9.0 9.3 ARCTIC_4170 0.85 ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:00 59 9 11 229 (SW) 1454 clear none 17:00 60 10 9 214 (SW) 1381 clear none 18:00 63 13 7 253 (WSW) 1693 clear none 19:00 56 12 11 263 (W) 2009 clear none 20:00 53 13 9 265 (W) 2082 clear none 21:00 52 14 10 261 (W) 2092 clear none 22:00 51 12 12 252 (WSW) 2000 clear none 23:00 51 15 10 256 (WSW) 2049 clear none 00:00 51 16 11 261 (W) 2028 clear none 01:00 50 18 8 291 (WNW) 2056 clear none 02:00 50 17 12 287 (WNW) 2058 clear none 03:00 50 16 12 265 (W) 2101 clear none 04:00 50 17 13 264 (W) 2059 clear none 05:00 48 17 13 248 (WSW) 2062 clear none 06:00 47 16 10 251 (WSW) 2063 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