Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20250923 From: tmcquaid@apo.nmsu.edu Date: Wed, 24 Sep 2025 12:09:15 +0000 (UTC) Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Tuesday, September 23, 2025 PROG PI ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) -------------------------------------------------------------------- JH01 P.McCreery P.McCreery,K.Schlaufman BY02 A.Mosenkov A.Mosenkov ON-SKY PROG INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- JH01 ECHELLE --:-- --: -- BY02 ARCTIC 01:10 05:30 PROG SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS NOT USED I/ROW/DTN START FINISH D B D B D B D B ----------------------------------------------------------------- JH01/R 19:06 01:10 5.3 0.8 0 0 0 0 0 0 BY02/R 01:10 06:45 1.3 0 0 0 4.3 0 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: T.McQuaid, J.Dembicky Restarted DATAQ and ALCOR Closed for all of A-half due to storms, opened at 01:10. ObsA TUI Disconnected at 05:06 Closed for clouds at 05:30 ------- 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 01:27 arctic 115( 958) 66 53 13.9 13.6 15.7 13.2 13.5 SDSS_r 1.04 01:30 NA2gdr 36595(36595) 65 54 13.8 13.6 15.6 13.1 13.5 R 1.28 03:02 arctic 271( 1069) 29 68 12.7 12.8 13.8 12.6 12.6 SDSS_r 1.25 ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:00 66 45 14 261 (W) 206 mstly clr none 17:00 66 45 12 259 (W) 254 mstly clr none 18:00 64 45 7 259 (W) 243 mstly cldy none 19:00 59 44 3 88 (E) 225 cloudy lt rain 20:00 57 47 16 52 (NE) cloudy rain 21:00 52 46 8 58 (ENE) cloudy none 22:00 53 46 12 1 (N) cloudy none 23:00 54 46 10 339 (NNW) cloudy rain 00:00 56 43 9 351 (N) 212 ptly cldy none 01:00 58 43 11 35 (NE) 263 mstly clr none 02:00 58 41 12 36 (NE) 197 mstly clr none 03:00 54 42 14 67 (ENE) 239 ptly cldy none 04:00 53 43 17 76 (ENE) 243 mstly cldy none 05:00 53 43 6 85 (E) 207 cloudy 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