Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20250307 From: tsutherland@apo.nmsu.edu Date: Sat, 8 Mar 2025 11:19:11 +0000 (UTC) Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Friday, March 07, 2025 PROG PI ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) -------------------------------------------------------------------- CU01 K.Reardon K.Reardon,Class NM06 K.Sanderson K.Sanderson ON-SKY PROG INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- CU01 ECHELLE --:-- --:-- NM06 KOSMOS --:-- --:-- PROG SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS NOT USED I/ROW/DTN START FINISH D B D B D B D B ----------------------------------------------------------------- CU01/R 18:14 00:10 0 5.9 0 0 0 0 0 0 NM06/R 00:10 06:14 3.1 2.9 0 0 0 0 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: T.Sutherland,C.Gray Radar, dust, and wind at the start of the night. Some light flurries in the middle of A-half. Humidity and dust kept us closed the rest of the night. Gave up around 4am. No problems or anything tonight. ------- 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:00 40 13 27 226 (SW) 14368 mstly cldy dust 17:00 38 14 25 254 (WSW) 39089 mstly cldy dust 18:00 34 18 31 254 (WSW) 141794 mstly cldy dust 19:00 27 25 18 268 (W) mstly cldy lt snow 20:00 24 24 16 260 (W) mstly cldy lt snow 21:00 22 18 12 301 (WNW) mstly cldy dust 22:00 22 13 12 285 (WNW) mstly cldy dust 23:00 21 11 15 304 (NW) 8724 clear dust 00:00 20 14 25 294 (WNW) clear dust 01:00 20 16 16 288 (WNW) ptly cldy humid 02:00 19 17 12 306 (NW) ptly cldy humid 03:00 19 18 14 295 (WNW) clear humid 04:00 19 15 13 303 (WNW) clear humid 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