Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20251125 From: ajt@apo.nmsu.edu Date: Wed, 26 Nov 2025 14:20:10 +0000 (UTC) Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Tuesday, November 25, 2025 PROG PI ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) -------------------------------------------------------------------- UW04 S.Hawley S.Hawley,L.Hebb UW03 C.Chandler M.Frissell,D.Singh,C.Chandler ON-SKY PROG INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- UW04 ECHELLE 17:14 20:31 Uw04 ECHELLE 21:19 00:05 UW03 ARCTIC 00:09 05:51 PROG SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS NOT USED I/ROW/DTN START FINISH D B D B D B D B ----------------------------------------------------------------- UW04/R 17:07 00:10 0 0.8 0 0 2.5 4.6 0 0 UW03/R 00:10 06:35 0 0 0 0 6.4 0.0 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: A.Townsend Other than some humidity we had a nice clear night! Closed up at 20:30 due to high humidity, reopened about an hour later. 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 17:22 ecamera 522( -30) 252 37 4.8 6.9 6.1 6.4 4.7 ND3 1.31 21:22 ecamera 500( -365) 306 44 1.9 0.5 1.8 0.4 1.4 Clear 1.62 00:15 arctic 445( 676) 300 58 1.9 0.6 1.8 0.7 1.4 SDSS_r 0.97 ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:00 42 29 2 222 (SW) 242 ptly cldy none 17:00 41 27 6 138 (SE) 237 clear none 18:00 38 21 17 79 (E) 154 clear none 19:00 35 22 18 74 (ENE) 141 clear none 20:00 33 29 15 78 (ENE) clear humid 21:00 32 28 11 85 (E) clear humid 22:00 38 23 4 194 (SSW) 170 clear none 23:00 37 22 3 200 (SSW) 144 clear none 00:00 36 23 7 183 (S) 173 clear none 01:00 35 24 6 186 (S) 211 clear none 02:00 35 23 7 180 (S) 179 clear none 03:00 36 21 9 184 (S) 190 clear none 04:00 34 24 7 186 (S) 224 clear none 05:00 32 25 9 185 (S) clear humid 06:00 32 24 12 180 (S) clear 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