Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20250422 From: ajt@apo.nmsu.edu Date: Wed, 23 Apr 2025 12:51:06 +0000 (UTC) Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Tuesday, April 22, 2025 PROG PI ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) -------------------------------------------------------------------- JH04 M.Karmen M.Karmen,M.Guolo,Y.Ajay NA01 J.Bary J.Bary,F.PerezPaolino CU02 K.McGouldrick K.McGouldrick ON-SKY PROG INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- JH04 ARCTIC 19:47 00:46 NA01 TSPEC 01:04 03:01 NA01 ECHELLE 03:06 04:11 NA01 TSPEC 04:13 04:31 CU02 TSPEC 04:32 06:14 PROG SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS NOT USED I/ROW/DTN START FINISH D B D B D B D B ----------------------------------------------------------------- JH04/R 19:47 01:10 0 0 0 0 5.4 0.0 0 0 NA01/R 01:10 04:15 0 0 0 0 2.6 0.6 0 0 CU02/R 04:15 06:15 0 0 0 0 0.0 1.8 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: A.Townsend Restarted gcam nubs at checkout. CU02 donated 15 minutes to NA01 for cals since primary target wouldn't be high enough for observations until later. Another clear night with good seeing! ------- 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 20:20 arctic 235( 1272) 111 41 11.1 13.1 13.1 12.2 11.5 SDSS_u 1.57 01:11 tcamera 311( 1298) 175 59 10.4 9.3 10.1 9.1 9.5 Ks 1.15 03:09 ecamera 321( 57) 5 33 9.8 8.8 9.6 8.8 9.2 ND2 1.00 04:36 tcamera 323( 1278) 120 61 9.8 8.6 9.3 8.5 8.8 Ks 0.91 ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:00 59 10 16 249 (WSW) 3731 ptly cldy none 17:00 65 14 10 254 (WSW) 3965 ptly cldy none 18:00 61 12 19 216 (SW) 2937 clear none 19:00 58 9 14 262 (W) 2341 clear none 20:00 52 5 11 237 (WSW) 1865 clear none 21:00 51 6 10 231 (SW) 1775 clear none 22:00 51 6 8 235 (SW) 2116 clear none 23:00 50 5 13 232 (SW) 2128 clear none 00:00 51 3 10 258 (WSW) 1263 clear none 01:00 50 0 12 265 (W) 856 clear none 02:00 49 3 11 264 (W) 919 clear none 03:00 50 5 12 268 (W) 909 clear none 04:00 50 3 13 270 (W) 890 clear none 05:00 49 2 14 278 (W) 926 clear none 06:00 49 2 12 266 (W) 911 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