Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20250623 From: dembicky@apo.nmsu.edu Date: Tue, 24 Jun 2025 11:41:21 +0000 (UTC) Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Monday, June 23, 2025 PROG PI ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) -------------------------------------------------------------------- UW04 G.Khullar G.Khullar UW07 C.Chandler C.Chandler ON-SKY PROG INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- UW04 KOSMOS --:-- --:-- UW07 ARCTIC --:-- --:-- PROG SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS NOT USED I/ROW/DTN START FINISH D B D B D B D B ----------------------------------------------------------------- UW04/R 20:24 01:10 4.8 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0 0 UW07/R 01:10 05:48 3.5 1.1 0 0 0.0 0.0 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: J.Dembicky Problem with DCAM during checkout tonight. This was the error after a startNubs for dcam 2025-06-24 00:02:15 CmdDone: client-922 6 fits start dcam 2025-06-24 00:02:15 APO.Jack-ObsA.dcam 5 dcamera f text="bad imaging state=Apg_Status_ImagingActive" 2025-06-24 00:02:15 CmdDone: client-922 5 dcamera expose exptime=5.0 bin=1,1 offset=0,0 size=1024,1024 filename=/export/images/dcam/UT250624/d0000.fits 2025-06-24 00:02:15 APO.Jack-ObsA 16 dcam i darkFile="None" 2025-06-24 00:02:15 APO.Jack-ObsA 16 dcam f text="\"bad imaging state=Apg_Status_ImagingActive\"" Dataq was locked up as well tonight. They both show up as unavailable in the manager. We never opened due to weather. ------- 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 75 43 17 261 (W) 2961 mstly cldy none 17:00 73 43 9 289 (WNW) 3047 mstly cldy lt rain 18:00 61 33 13 112 (ESE) 3212 mstly cldy none 19:00 59 32 16 114 (ESE) 1628 mstly cldy none 20:00 58 28 14 115 (ESE) 2172 cloudy humid 21:00 55 29 20 114 (ESE) 797 cloudy humid 22:00 53 29 25 113 (ESE) 595 cloudy none 23:00 54 27 16 144 (SE) 568 cloudy none 00:00 55 27 29 140 (SE) 648 cloudy lt rain 01:00 53 17 25 143 (SE) 403 cloudy lt rain 02:00 53 2 22 122 (ESE) 284 cloudy lt rain 03:00 52 3 16 110 (ESE) 315 cloudy humid 04:00 53 6 13 176 (S) 261 cloudy humid 05:00 53 8 11 144 (SE) 323 cloudy 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