Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20240905 From: mcroom@apo.nmsu.edu Date: Fri, 6 Sep 2024 10:10:15 +0000 (UTC) Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Thursday, September 05, 2024 PROG PI ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) -------------------------------------------------------------------- OU01 G.Jewett G.Jewett BY02 M.Joner B.Boizelle ON-SKY PROG INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- OU01 ARCTIC --:-- --:-- BY02 KOSMOS --:-- --:-- PROG SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS NOT USED I/ROW/DTN START FINISH D B D B D B D B ----------------------------------------------------------------- OU01/R 19:30 01:10 4.4 1.2 0 0 0 0 0 0 BY02/R 01:10 06:33 5.4 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: M.Croom Never got on sky. Poor weather conditions (high humidity, clouds) persisted all night with the occasional rain shower and excessive winds. Minimally useful time remaining for science happened at 04:00 and we gave up shortly thereafter. ------- 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:00 63 48 6 114 (ESE) 535 cloudy none 17:00 55 50 18 69 (ENE) cloudy rain 18:00 56 49 24 73 (ENE) ptly cldy humid 19:00 55 48 20 73 (ENE) ptly cldy humid 20:00 53 48 19 79 (E) mstly clr humid 21:00 53 50 24 65 (ENE) ptly cldy humid 22:00 53 50 19 70 (ENE) mstly clr humid 23:00 49 48 30 75 (ENE) mstly cldy rain 00:00 49 48 26 70 (ENE) mstly cldy lt rain 01:00 49 46 19 73 (ENE) cloudy lt rain 02:00 48 47 22 69 (ENE) cloudy humid 03:00 48 47 21 68 (ENE) cloudy humid 04:00 47 47 11 69 (ENE) 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