Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20250208 From: tsutherland@apo.nmsu.edu Date: Sun, 9 Feb 2025 13:29:13 +0000 (UTC) Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Saturday, February 08, 2025 PROG PI ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) -------------------------------------------------------------------- CU04 K.McGouldrick K.McGouldrick OU01 G.Jewett A.Moss CU02 Z.Berta-Thompson Z.Berta-Thompson ON-SKY PROG INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- CU04 TripleSpec 17:51 19:40 OU01 ARCTIC 19:54 00:04 CU02 KOSMOS 00:16 06:07 PROG SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS NOT USED I/ROW/DTN START FINISH D B D B D B D B ----------------------------------------------------------------- CU04/R 17:51 19:51 0 0 0 0 0.0 2.0 0 0 OU01/R 19:51 00:10 0 0 0 0 0.0 4.3 0 0 CU02/R 00:10 06:43 0 0 0 0 1.6 5.0 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: T.Sutherland,R.McMillan Sky was pretty clear all night, with good seeing. No telescope or instrument problems. It was a nice and quiet night! ------- 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 18:12 tcamera 595( 1628) -74 42 9.1 9.9 10.3 9.8 9.0 -- 1.21 20:01 arctic 401( 1197) 142 78 9.2 8.6 9.3 8.8 8.6 BG40 0.80 00:26 kosmos 361( 1059) 67 51 9.1 8.3 8.9 8.4 8.8 -- 0.69 ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:00 53 3 18 262 (W) 1294 clear none 17:00 51 2 20 262 (W) 1249 clear none 18:00 48 6 16 259 (W) 1156 clear none 19:00 48 7 18 253 (WSW) 1395 clear none 20:00 49 9 22 265 (W) 1468 clear none 21:00 48 8 24 250 (WSW) 1340 mstly clr none 22:00 49 7 20 265 (W) 1434 mstly clr none 23:00 48 6 18 267 (W) 1268 clear none 00:00 49 6 19 266 (W) 1244 clear none 01:00 47 7 16 258 (WSW) 1290 clear none 02:00 47 8 11 258 (WSW) 1274 mstly clr none 03:00 47 9 12 253 (WSW) 1187 mstly clr none 04:00 47 8 15 264 (W) 1145 mstly clr none 05:00 47 7 18 247 (WSW) 1293 mstly clr none 06:00 46 6 17 264 (W) 1255 mstly 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: 3.1.8