Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20250525 From: ajt@apo.nmsu.edu Date: Mon, 26 May 2025 11:42:32 +0000 (UTC) Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Sunday, May 25, 2025 PROG PI ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) -------------------------------------------------------------------- OU05 M.Kilic A.Moss OU02 J.Serna J.Serna ON-SKY PROG INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- OU05 KOSMOS 20:13 01:05 OU02 KOSMOS 01:08 04:50 PROG SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS NOT USED I/ROW/DTN START FINISH D B D B D B D B ----------------------------------------------------------------- OU05/R 20:11 01:10 0 0 0 0 5.0 0.0 0 0 OU02/R 01:10 05:49 0 0 0 0 4.0 0.7 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: A.Townsend Clear sky, decent seeing. Finished up on sky at the start of twilight. Focused kcam low at 1550 since it was a bit blurry at 1700. ARCTIC and Agile are warm as expected but no other instrument or telescope problems. ------- 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 20:43 kosmos 285( 1298) 106 71 14.0 15.3 15.8 14.4 13.7 -- 1.01 01:19 klow 250( 1119) 165 37 12.7 11.7 12.5 11.4 11.9 -- 1.28 ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:00 68 18 22 237 (WSW) 1799 clear none 17:00 69 18 17 207 (SSW) 1994 clear none 18:00 66 17 12 218 (SW) 1948 clear none 19:00 63 14 13 224 (SW) 2355 clear none 20:00 58 8 17 261 (W) 2981 clear none 21:00 57 6 14 262 (W) 2812 clear none 22:00 56 6 16 268 (W) 3922 clear none 23:00 54 4 10 262 (W) 2394 clear none 00:00 55 4 10 265 (W) 2038 clear none 01:00 54 3 15 296 (WNW) 1743 clear none 02:00 55 4 11 275 (W) 1578 clear none 03:00 53 3 12 274 (W) 1950 clear none 04:00 53 3 6 288 (WNW) 1934 clear none 05:00 53 2 11 269 (W) 1891 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