Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20240521
From: dembicky@apo.nmsu.edu
Date: Wed, 22 May 2024 12:18:39 +0000 (UTC)
                      Apache Point Observatory
                      3.5m Telescope Night Log
                      Tuesday, May 21, 2024
PROG  PI ASTRONOMER      OBSERVER(S)
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BY01  E.Hintz           S.Call
UW02  P.Yoachim         J.Jiang
CU03  A.Kowalski        J.Libby-Roberts
                         ON-SKY
PROG  INSTRUMENT     START   FINISH
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BY01  TSPEC          20:09   22:23
UW02  KOSMOS         22:45   00:59
CU03  ARCTIC         01:15   05:32
   PROG       SCHEDULED      WEATH     EQUIP     OBS     NOT USED
 I/ROW/DTN  START  FINISH   D    B    D    B    D    B    D    B
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BY01/R      20:09  22:40    0    0    0    0   0.0  2.5   0    0
UW02/R      22:40  01:10    0    0    0    0   0.0  2.5   0    0
CU03/R      01:10  05:51    0    0    0    0   0.7  4.0   0    0
note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time
              ------------- ACTIVITY LOG --------------
Observing Specialist: J.Dembicky
gmech needed a startNubs again tonight but I did not need to reboot the computer this time.  It failed on the initial checkout image.
No telescope issues tonight.
I gave our prospective new obs spec a tour of the 3.5m telescope and operations.
                    ------- 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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 20:23 tcamera    681( 1947) -125  73  14.2 15.3 14.8 15.3 14.3   Ks  0.92
 20:56 tcamera    567( 1797) 100  63  14.0 14.5 14.4 14.0 13.7   Ks  1.09
 22:59 kosmos   342( 1304) -30  53  13.3 12.9 13.5 12.6 12.9   --  1.08
 01:19 arctic   395( 1380) -86  40  12.7 12.1 12.9 11.9 12.3   Semrock  0.96
 01:21 NA2gdr -2065(35934) -86  39  12.7 12.1 12.9 11.9 12.3   Clear  1.50
               ------------- WEATHER LOG ----------------
                                   Wind                      Precip.or
     Time   Temp F Dewp F  MPH  Direction    Dust    Sky    Conditions
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     16:00    62    21     20   270    (W)   1551    clear     none
     17:00    63    20     20   263    (W)   1957    clear     none
     18:00    62    18     20   248  (WSW)   2330    clear     none
     19:00    61    18     23   259    (W)   2840    clear     none
     20:00    58    18     14   259    (W)   2903    clear     none
     21:00    57    17     16   271    (W)   4064    clear     dust
     22:00    57    18     14   305   (NW)   3396    clear     dust
     23:00    56    18      9   315   (NW)   2666    clear     none
     00:00    56    18     11   314   (NW)   2731    clear     none
     01:00    55    17      8   331  (NNW)   2556    clear     none
     02:00    54    17      7   330  (NNW)   3035    clear     dust
     03:00    55    17      9   295  (WNW)   3296    clear     dust
     04:00    54    16      8   309   (NW)   3099    clear     dust
     05:00    55    17      7   262    (W)   2531    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