Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20251115
From: ajt@apo.nmsu.edu
Date: Sun, 16 Nov 2025 13:42:22 +0000 (UTC)
                      Apache Point Observatory
                      3.5m Telescope Night Log
                      Saturday, November 15, 2025
PROG  PI ASTRONOMER      OBSERVER(S)
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NA01  J.Bary            J.Bary,S.Usman&Class
NM07  W.Roberson        A.Smith,A.Abbas
                         ON-SKY
PROG  INSTRUMENT     START   FINISH
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NA01  ECHELLE        05:25   23:00
NA01  TSPEC          23:04   00:10
NM07  ECHELLE        00:15   06:11
   PROG       SCHEDULED      WEATH     EQUIP     OBS     NOT USED
 I/ROW/DTN  START  FINISH   D    B    D    B    D    B    D    B
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NA01/O      17:10  00:10    0    0    0    0   7.0  0.0   0    0
NM07/R      00:10  06:26    0    0    0    0   3.1  3.2   0    0
note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time
              ------------- ACTIVITY LOG --------------
Observing Specialist: A.Townsend
Alcor computer had restarted itself today due to Windows updates, restarted Skywatch and Cyclope software and adjusted Cyclope seeing monitor exposures so that it can measure a star.
We had one motion error 03:49 slewing down alt 25.6.
Had to restart dataq around 06:00.
Other than a few clouds at the start of the night we had great weather and seeing!
                    ------- 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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 17:38 ecamera    387(   58)  11  68   9.7 12.2 12.0 11.3  9.9   ND2  0.73
 19:31 ecamera    482(   38) -52  58   9.7  9.7 10.3  9.6  9.6   Clear  0.85
 23:10 tcamera    462( 1165)  83  65   7.5  7.5  8.3  7.5  7.4   Ks  0.84
 00:21 ecamera    419( -129) -65  34   7.4  7.0  7.7  6.8  7.0   ND3  1.23
               ------------- WEATHER LOG ----------------
                                   Wind                      Precip.or
     Time   Temp F Dewp F  MPH  Direction    Dust    Sky    Conditions
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     16:00    57    28     10   263    (W)    983 mstly clr    none
     17:00    51    27      9   278    (W)    886 mstly clr    none
     18:00    49    27     10   276    (W)    893 mstly clr    none
     19:00    50    27     11   270    (W)    997 mstly clr    none
     20:00    49    27     10   264    (W)    944    clear     none
     21:00    48    29      9   263    (W)    986    clear     none
     22:00    47    31     12   266    (W)    883    clear     none
     23:00    47    30     10   262    (W)    882    clear     none
     00:00    46    25     10   272    (W)    645    clear     none
     01:00    45    25     15   304   (NW)    862    clear     none
     02:00    46    24     16   297  (WNW)    785    clear     none
     03:00    45    25     20   305   (NW)    742    clear     none
     04:00    44    25     10   321   (NW)    768    clear     none
     05:00    45    26     11   304   (NW)    811    clear     none
     06:00    43    28      8   318   (NW)    770    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.
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