Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20240902 From: tsutherland@apo.nmsu.edu Date: Tue, 3 Sep 2024 11:29:14 +0000 (UTC) Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Monday, September 02, 2024 PROG PI ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) -------------------------------------------------------------------- GS02 D.Gies K.Shepard NM03 M.Croom M.Croom ON-SKY PROG INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- GS02 ECHELLE --:-- --:-- NM03 KOSMOS --:-- --:-- PROG SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS NOT USED I/ROW/DTN START FINISH D B D B D B D B ----------------------------------------------------------------- GS02/R 19:34 01:10 5.6 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0 0 NM03/R 01:10 06:31 5.3 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: T.Sutherland, A.Townsend Fiducial error in az on the third test slew. Had to restart Dome TUI at start of night because it was acting all wonky when I first got up there. Humidity and complete cloud cover kept us closed all night. We gave up at 03:30. ------- 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:00 50 47 20 68 (ENE) cloudy lt rain 17:00 49 47 24 69 (ENE) cloudy lt rain 18:00 49 47 20 62 (ENE) cloudy humid 19:00 49 47 17 64 (ENE) cloudy humid 20:00 48 47 17 58 (ENE) cloudy humid 21:00 45 43 20 60 (ENE) mstly clr humid 22:00 45 44 30 62 (ENE) mstly clr humid 23:00 45 43 21 72 (ENE) mstly clr humid 00:00 45 43 25 73 (ENE) cloudy humid 01:00 46 40 14 76 (ENE) cloudy humid 02:00 47 40 18 77 (ENE) cloudy humid 03:00 45 42 12 87 (E) cloudy humid 04:00 46 43 7 117 (ESE) cloudy humid 05:00 46 44 8 83 (E) cloudy humid 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