Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20251019 From: ajt@apo.nmsu.edu Date: Mon, 20 Oct 2025 12:40:00 +0000 (UTC) Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Sunday, October 19, 2025 PROG PI ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) -------------------------------------------------------------------- NM01 M.Prescott M.Prescott&Class JH03 N.Zakamska D.Bizyaev ON-SKY PROG INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- NM01 ECHELLE 18:35 01:08 JH03 ECHELLE 01:08 05:55 PROG SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS NOT USED I/ROW/DTN START FINISH D B D B D B D B ----------------------------------------------------------------- NM01/O 18:34 01:10 0 0 0 0 6.6 0.0 0 0 JH03/R 01:10 07:03 0 0 0 0 5.2 0.7 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: A.Townsend Restarted dataq at checkout. Beautiful clear night with no telescope or instrument 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 19:28 ecamera 404( 4) 50 66 9.9 10.7 10.9 10.3 9.8 ND2 1.26 01:13 ecamera 461( -7) 219 47 10.0 9.0 9.6 9.0 9.6 Clear 1.04 03:06 ecamera 441( -28) 65 38 9.3 8.8 9.4 8.8 9.5 ND2 1.48 ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:00 55 26 11 215 (SW) 700 clear none 17:00 54 24 9 203 (SSW) 748 clear none 18:00 52 26 12 207 (SSW) 715 clear none 19:00 50 22 8 189 (S) 611 clear none 20:00 50 23 13 191 (S) 667 clear none 21:00 49 24 14 201 (SSW) 550 clear none 22:00 49 25 15 210 (SSW) 688 clear none 23:00 49 25 14 209 (SSW) 717 clear none 00:00 49 25 14 205 (SSW) 715 clear none 01:00 50 23 13 236 (SW) 653 clear none 02:00 50 21 13 263 (W) 443 clear none 03:00 49 22 21 237 (WSW) 485 clear none 04:00 49 23 22 267 (W) 495 clear none 05:00 49 22 19 254 (WSW) 364 clear none 06:00 49 21 21 251 (WSW) 350 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