Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20250305
From: tsutherland@apo.nmsu.edu
Date: Thu,  6 Mar 2025 12:08:27 +0000 (UTC)
                      Apache Point Observatory
                      3.5m Telescope Night Log
                      Wednesday, March 05, 2025
PROG  PI ASTRONOMER      OBSERVER(S)
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NM02  C.Gray            C.Gray
AP01  S.Merkowitz       R.McMillan,T.Sutherland.N.Calmenares,E.Hoffman
OU02  M.Kilic           G.Jewett
                         ON-SKY
PROG  INSTRUMENT     START   FINISH
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NM02  Echelle        18:12   20:14
AP01  APOLLO         20:19   22:23
OU02  KOSMOS         23:16   01:58
   PROG       SCHEDULED      WEATH     EQUIP     OBS     NOT USED
 I/ROW/DTN  START  FINISH   D    B    D    B    D    B    D    B
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NM02/R      18:12  20:20    0    0    0    0   0.0  2.1   0    0
AP01/R      20:20  23:40    0   1.3   0    0   0.0  2.0   0    0
OU02/R      23:40  06:16   4.3   0    0    0   0.9  1.4   0    0
note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time
              ------------- ACTIVITY LOG --------------
Observing Specialist: T.Sutherland,C.Gray
Kinda cloudy at the start of the night, which only got worse as the night went on.
Thanks Candace for helping with Apollo troubles. The keyswitch box kept turning off and causing the shutter to close, thus stopping the laser from coming out. See PR 2237 for more info.
AP01 called it quits due to clouds at 10:23pm.
Closed up at 1:58am due to excessive clouds. Gave up around 5am for the night.
                    ------- 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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 18:29 ecamera    370(   15) 269  19   6.3  6.6  6.5  6.4  6.1   ND2  1.25
 19:41 ecamera    279( -141) 250  37   4.2  5.5  6.0  5.5  5.1   ND2  2.08
 20:24 APOLLO     250( 1562) 284  51   4.8  4.8  5.3  4.7  4.5   --  2.25
 22:50 kosmos   275(  776) 255  78   5.7  4.5  5.0  4.6  5.0   --  0.98
               ------------- WEATHER LOG ----------------
                                   Wind                      Precip.or
     Time   Temp F Dewp F  MPH  Direction    Dust    Sky    Conditions
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     16:00    46     8     11   188    (S)    887  ptly cldy   none
     17:00    44     9      7   196  (SSW)   1196  ptly cldy   none
     18:00    43    -8     11   214   (SW)    151  ptly cldy   none
     19:00    44    -9      9   192  (SSW)    371  ptly cldy   none
     20:00    40    -4     13   175    (S)    972  ptly cldy   none
     21:00    41    -9      7   184    (S)    979  ptly cldy   none
     22:00    42     5     21   180    (S)   2319 mstly cldy   none
     23:00    43     2     16   187    (S)   2954 mstly cldy   none
     00:00    43     4     22   186    (S)   3958 mstly cldy   none
     01:00    42     1     25   199  (SSW)   2954   cloudy     none
     02:00    42     2     20   215   (SW)   3021   cloudy     none
     03:00    42     1     18   208  (SSW)   3340   cloudy     none
     04:00    43     2     19   199  (SSW)   3335   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.
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