Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20250321 From: tsutherland@apo.nmsu.edu Date: Sat, 22 Mar 2025 12:47:38 +0000 (UTC) Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Friday, March 21, 2025 PROG PI ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) -------------------------------------------------------------------- UW09 P.Szkody P.Szkody UW08 S.Hawley S.Hawley,L.Hebb ON-SKY PROG INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- UW09 KOSMOS 19:24 01:07 UW08 ECHELLE 01:10 06:28 PROG SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS NOT USED I/ROW/DTN START FINISH D B D B D B D B ----------------------------------------------------------------- UW09/R 19:24 01:10 0 0 0 0 5.8 0.0 0 0 UW08/R 01:10 06:55 0 0 0 0 1.2 4.5 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: T.Sutherland Restarted dataq at checkout. Absolutely perfect weather all night. No telescope or instrument problems :) No morning IOL since cals were being taken on echelle. ------- 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 20:06 khigh 325( 976) 217 61 5.9 7.5 6.8 7.7 6.2 -- 0.70 01:18 ecamera 382( -54) 5 46 5.8 5.4 6.0 5.5 5.6 clear 0.90 ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:00 48 1 12 269 (W) 1252 clear none 17:00 46 1 9 280 (W) 1054 clear none 18:00 48 1 10 289 (WNW) 977 clear none 19:00 44 1 8 279 (W) 1057 clear none 20:00 43 1 9 236 (SW) 1308 clear none 21:00 43 0 13 235 (SW) 1684 clear none 22:00 44 -1 15 221 (SW) 1215 clear none 23:00 44 -1 22 237 (WSW) 1211 clear none 00:00 44 -1 20 245 (WSW) 1050 clear none 01:00 43 1 12 251 (WSW) 979 clear none 02:00 43 3 18 263 (W) 928 clear none 03:00 42 3 18 269 (W) 949 clear none 04:00 42 5 17 273 (W) 792 clear none 05:00 42 6 17 272 (W) 727 clear none 06:00 42 6 16 277 (W) 657 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. ---------- TELESCOPE SOFTWARE ---------- Current TCC version: 1.4.2 Current HUB version: v20171231_01 Current TUI version: 3.1.8