Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20240712 From: dembicky@apo.nmsu.edu Date: Sat, 13 Jul 2024 11:58:25 +0000 (UTC) Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Friday, July 12, 2024 PROG PI ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) -------------------------------------------------------------------- AP01 S.Merkowitz R.McMillan WY01 M.Moe M.Moe and class ON-SKY PROG INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- AP01 APOLLO 20:22 21:22 WY01 Eyepiece 21:22 22:30 WY01 KOSMOS 22:30 01:30 WY01 Echelle 01:30 05:34 PROG SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS NOT USED I/ROW/DTN START FINISH D B D B D B D B ----------------------------------------------------------------- AP01/O 20:22 21:22 0 0 0 0 0.0 1.0 0 0 WY01/O 21:22 05:56 0 0 0 0 5.7 2.9 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: J.Dembicky WY01 class training tonight No problems tonight. Had fun viewing several objects with the eyepiece with the WY01 class. ------- 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 20:17 APOLLO 450( 2414) 14 47 16.9 18.6 18.8 18.4 17.2 530 1.80 22:55 klow 325( 1376) 182 63 14.5 14.9 15.7 14.8 14.6 -- 1.34 02:15 ecamera 374( 285) -46 48 13.1 12.8 13.5 12.7 12.9 ND3 1.40 ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:00 71 35 11 46 (NE) 629 mstly clr none 17:00 68 35 7 82 (E) 694 mstly clr none 18:00 68 35 14 68 (ENE) 654 clear none 19:00 66 33 19 61 (ENE) 761 clear none 20:00 63 35 16 85 (E) 1084 clear none 21:00 61 37 13 72 (ENE) 1344 clear none 22:00 59 38 13 80 (E) 1571 clear none 23:00 58 39 14 84 (E) 1748 clear none 00:00 57 39 14 82 (E) 1846 clear none 01:00 56 39 17 114 (ESE) 1663 clear none 02:00 56 40 11 104 (ESE) 1525 clear none 03:00 56 40 14 89 (E) 1678 clear none 04:00 57 38 16 83 (E) 1586 clear none 05:00 57 38 14 83 (E) 1469 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