Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20250105 From: dembicky@apo.nmsu.edu Date: Mon, 6 Jan 2025 14:16:44 +0000 (UTC) Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Sunday, January 05, 2025 PROG PI ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) -------------------------------------------------------------------- AP02 S.Merkowitz R.McMillan JH05 L.Flagg L.Flagg NM09 D.Bizyaev D.Bizyaev ON-SKY PROG INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- AP02 APOLLO 17:20 18:22 JH05 TSPEC 18:23 23:58 NM09 KOSMOS 00:17 07:00 PROG SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS NOT USED I/ROW/DTN START FINISH D B D B D B D B ----------------------------------------------------------------- AP02/R 17:20 18:20 0 0 0 0 0.0 1.0 0 0 JH05/R 18:20 00:10 0 0 0 0 0.6 5.2 0 0 NM09/R 00:10 06:58 0 0 0 0 6.8 0.0 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: J.Dembicky I turned the APOLLO chiller off at midnight when I changed instruments. No problems tonight. ------- 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 17:29 APOLLO 375( 1474) -12 72 -0.5 0.5 0.8 0.9 -0.4 -- 1.80 18:28 tcamera 303( 836) -34 61 -0.7 -0.4 -0.2 -1.0 -0.9 Ks 1.32 00:28 kosmos 303( 513) -139 58 -2.3 -1.9 -2.3 -3.0 -2.6 -- 1.10 ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:00 33 -11 9 15 (NNE) 98 ptly cldy none 17:00 31 -8 14 31 (NNE) 164 mstly clr none 18:00 30 -13 11 26 (NNE) 89 clear none 19:00 31 -12 20 14 (NNE) 112 clear none 20:00 30 -2 17 356 (N) 123 mstly clr none 21:00 30 -1 9 7 (N) 120 mstly clr none 22:00 29 1 3 80 (E) 141 clear none 23:00 28 1 12 350 (N) 128 clear none 00:00 28 2 6 358 (N) 113 clear none 01:00 27 3 6 65 (ENE) 154 clear none 02:00 28 2 15 8 (N) 157 clear none 03:00 25 3 1 110 (ESE) 154 clear none 04:00 27 2 8 338 (NNW) 172 clear none 05:00 31 1 12 305 (NW) 94 clear none 06:00 28 0 12 332 (NNW) 110 mst 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