Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20250109
From: tsutherland@apo.nmsu.edu
Date: Fri, 10 Jan 2025 11:23:13 +0000 (UTC)
                      Apache Point Observatory
                      3.5m Telescope Night Log
                      Thursday, January 09, 2025
PROG  PI ASTRONOMER      OBSERVER(S)
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JH05  L.Flagg           L.Flagg,C.Gray
EN01  B.Ketzeback       R.Mcmillan,T.Sutherland
                         ON-SKY
PROG  INSTRUMENT     START   FINISH
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JH05  TripleSpec     --:--   --:--
EN01  X              --:--   --:--
   PROG       SCHEDULED      WEATH     EQUIP     OBS     NOT USED
 I/ROW/DTN  START  FINISH   D    B    D    B    D    B    D    B
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JH05/R      17:24  00:10    0   6.8   0    0    0    0    0    0
EN01/R      00:10  06:58   2.8  4.0   0    0    0    0    0    0
note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time
              ------------- ACTIVITY LOG --------------
Observing Specialist: T.Sutherland,R.McMillan
High wind and humidity kept us closed all night. Gave up at 3:30am.
Ran tests on the arctic shutter. No failure even when dome temp reached just below -10C.
Restarted tron the boot off a bad actor from TUI.
Kosmos and kcam shutters soft failure at -9C dome temp.
Morning fills are done.
                    ------- FAILURE LOG -------
              FAILURE MODE     TIME
PROG   INSTR     TI/SHU    START  FINISH  DESCRIPTION
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            ---------------- FOCUS LOG ---------------
Time  Instrument  Focus     Az  El  Temp Strc Prim  Sec  Air  filt  FWHM
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               ------------- WEATHER LOG ----------------
                                   Wind                      Precip.or
     Time   Temp F Dewp F  MPH  Direction    Dust    Sky    Conditions
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     16:00    14    11     54    70  (ENE)        mstly cldy   none
     17:00    14    11     40    63  (ENE)          cloudy     none
     18:00    13    11     25    75  (ENE)          cloudy    humid
     19:00    13     9     54    64  (ENE)          cloudy    humid
     20:00    12     9     44    68  (ENE)          cloudy    humid
     21:00    11     8     34    65  (ENE)          cloudy    humid
     22:00    10     7     42    75  (ENE)          cloudy    humid
     23:00    10     6     47    68  (ENE)          cloudy    humid
     00:00     9     6     43    61  (ENE)          cloudy    humid
     01:00     8     3     37    57  (ENE)          cloudy    humid
     02:00     8     1     27    52   (NE)          cloudy     none
     03:00     8     1     35    67  (ENE)          cloudy     none
     04:00     8    -1     25    59  (ENE)          cloudy     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