Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Tuesday, December 30, 2025 PROG PI ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) -------------------------------------------------------------------- AP01 S.Merkowitz T.Sutherland UW02 P.Yoachim D.Meng, Z.Xu UW04 S.Hawley S.Hawley CU06 Z.Berta-Thompson A.Stephens ON-SKY PROG INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- AP01 APOLLO 17:16 18:08 UW02 KOSMOS 18:16 21:00 UW04 ECHELLE 21:04 00:10 CU06 KOSMOS 00:12 06:10 PROG SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS NOT USED I/ROW/DTN START FINISH D B D B D B D B ----------------------------------------------------------------- AP01/R 17:16 18:16 0 0 0 0 0.0 1.0 0 0 UW02/R 18:16 21:10 0 0 0 0 0.0 2.9 0 0 UW04/R 21:10 00:10 0 0 0 0 0.0 3.0 0 0 CU06/R 00:10 06:57 0 0 0 0 2.7 4.1 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: J.Dembicky No problems tonight. A very red/purple morning twilight this morning thanks to some thin cirrus in the east! ------- 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 17:20 APOLLO 525( 1745) 81 60 4.4 7.2 6.4 7.1 4.9 -- 1.40 18:31 kosmos 390( 734) 23 57 4.7 5.1 5.0 4.6 4.5 -- 2.00 21:13 ecamera 427( -285) -10 50 4.6 3.9 4.7 3.9 4.5 ND2 1.95 00:21 kosmos 425( 735) 12 55 4.5 4.4 5.2 4.2 5.1 -- 1.56 ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:00 43 8 2 210 (SSW) 412 mstly clr none 17:00 42 5 7 11 (N) 486 mstly clr none 18:00 39 -5 10 32 (NNE) 698 mstly clr none 19:00 41 -10 10 7 (N) 591 clear none 20:00 38 -10 4 352 (N) 478 clear none 21:00 40 -7 1 200 (SSW) 442 clear none 22:00 40 -10 11 0 (N) 355 clear none 23:00 44 -7 8 28 (NNE) 325 clear none 00:00 44 -7 7 355 (N) 367 clear none 01:00 42 -8 9 15 (NNE) 351 clear none 02:00 43 -7 8 35 (NE) 294 clear none 03:00 44 -5 6 356 (N) 323 clear none 04:00 45 -5 1 357 (N) 299 clear none 05:00 45 -5 6 352 (N) 301 clear none 06:00 44 -7 3 335 (NNW) 310 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