Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20240503 From: ajt@apo.nmsu.edu Date: Sat, 4 May 2024 12:16:54 +0000 (UTC) Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Friday, May 03, 2024 PROG PI ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) -------------------------------------------------------------------- NM08 K.Sanderson K.Sanderson NM01 A.Dijeau A.Dijeau ON-SKY PROG INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- NM08 DIS 20:56 01:02 NM01 KOSMOS 01:16 05:35 PROG SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS NOT USED I/ROW/DTN START FINISH D B D B D B D B ----------------------------------------------------------------- NM08/R 19:56 01:10 0 0 0 0 5.2 0.0 0 0 NM01/R 01:10 06:04 0 0 0 0 2.8 2.1 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: A.Townsend Good seeing with some clouds in the second half of the night. Pollen counts were low all night. West winds all night so we weren't really in danger of smoke from the nearby fire. No telescope or instrument problems. ------- 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 20:03 dcamera 327( 1154) 66 60 10.9 13.8 13.6 13.6 11.9 -- 1.04 00:26 kosmos 370( 1241) -122 37 11.1 10.7 11.3 10.6 11.0 -- 0.98 ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:00 60 12 7 237 (WSW) 1985 clear none 17:00 62 12 19 201 (SSW) 1756 clear none 18:00 61 11 16 257 (WSW) 1754 clear none 19:00 58 9 15 269 (W) 1788 clear none 20:00 53 7 10 215 (SW) 1708 clear none 21:00 53 9 15 214 (SW) 2144 clear none 22:00 53 12 15 242 (WSW) 2185 clear none 23:00 53 12 13 257 (WSW) 2196 ptly cldy none 00:00 53 12 9 265 (W) 1941 ptly cldy none 01:00 53 13 8 266 (W) 1806 mstly clr none 02:00 52 15 6 264 (W) 1902 mstly clr none 03:00 52 15 6 258 (WSW) 1970 mstly clr none 04:00 52 15 5 256 (WSW) 1824 mstly clr none 05:00 51 14 3 237 (WSW) 1914 mstly clr none 06:00 50 15 2 173 (S) 1975 mstly clr 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