Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20250703
From: cgray@apo.nmsu.edu
Date: Fri,  4 Jul 2025 11:19:53 +0000 (UTC)
                      Apache Point Observatory
                      3.5m Telescope Night Log
                      Thursday, July 03, 2025
PROG  PI ASTRONOMER      OBSERVER(S)
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NM01  S.Ho              S.Ho
NM07  W.Roberson        E.Nielsen
                         ON-SKY
PROG  INSTRUMENT     START   FINISH
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NM01  KOSMOS         21:51   23:36
NM07  ECHELLE        --:--   --:--
   PROG       SCHEDULED      WEATH     EQUIP     OBS     NOT USED
 I/ROW/DTN  START  FINISH   D    B    D    B    D    B    D    B
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NM01/R      20:24  01:10    0   3.0   0    0   0.0  1.8   0    0
NM07/R      01:10  05:52    0    0    0    0   4.5  0.2   0    0
note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time
              ------------- ACTIVITY LOG --------------
Observing Specialist: C.Gray
Well, I guess it's a surprise we were able to open at all tonight. I thought it would be rain the whole way through but we were able to open a little before 10pm. The humidity was high but was consistently below closure and we were able to get over an hour of data. Then the rain did come, which is good because we need it to help the forest. However, while the clouds cleared, the humidity did not and NM07 was not able to observe.
No problems tonight.
                    ------- 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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 22:19 kosmos   212( 1312) 216  80  15.3 17.2 16.6 16.9 16.0   --  1.98
               ------------- WEATHER LOG ----------------
                                   Wind                      Precip.or
     Time   Temp F Dewp F  MPH  Direction    Dust    Sky    Conditions
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     16:00    63    53     10   269    (W)         ptly cldy   none
     17:00    65    53      7   268    (W)    412  ptly cldy   none
     18:00    64    52     12   286  (WNW)    421  ptly cldy   none
     19:00    61    51     11   299  (WNW)    450 mstly clr    none
     20:00    61    52      7   262    (W)           clear    humid
     21:00    59    53      5   264    (W)        mstly cldy   none
     22:00    59    53      9   232   (SW)        mstly cldy   none
     23:00    60    52      8   237  (WSW)          cloudy     none
     00:00    60    51      9   221   (SW)          cloudy     none
     01:00    54    53     13    16  (NNE)          cloudy   lt rain
     02:00    56    51     11   294  (WNW)   2671 mstly cldy lt rain
     03:00    57    50      3   324   (NW)           clear    humid
     04:00    56    50      3   334  (NNW)        mstly clr   humid
     05:00    54    51      2   333  (NNW)        mstly clr   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.
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