Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20251208 From: tmcquaid@apo.nmsu.edu Date: Tue, 9 Dec 2025 13:44:11 +0000 (UTC) Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Monday, December 08, 2025 PROG PI ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) -------------------------------------------------------------------- UW02 P.Yoachim D.Meng,Z.Xu JH02 M.MacGregor C.Ingebretsen AP01 S.Merkowitz T.Sutherland WY02 M.Moe C.Smith ON-SKY PROG INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- UW02 KOSMOS 17:29 20:58 JH02 NICFPS 21:14 00:10 AP01 APOLLO 00:12 01:10 WY02 ECHELLE 01:10 06:26 PROG SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS NOT USED I/ROW/DTN START FINISH D B D B D B D B ----------------------------------------------------------------- UW02/R 17:06 21:10 0 0 0 0 4.0 0.0 0 0 JH02/R 21:10 00:10 0 0 0 0 0.0 3.0 0 0 AP01/R 00:10 01:10 0 0 0 0 0.0 1.0 0 0 WY02/R 01:10 06:46 0 0 0 0 0.0 5.6 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: T.McQuaid TUI disconnected on ObsA at 03:10, was able to reconnect immediately Otherwise an uneventful, clear night. ------- 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 17:48 kosmos 522( 885) 67 38 5.0 5.2 5.5 5.0 4.6 -- 1.11 21:21 NICFPS 579( 1190) 58 32 3.6 1.9 3.5 3.0 3.3 MK-H 1.09 21:25 NA2gdr 48133(48133) 57 32 3.8 1.9 3.5 3.0 3.2 -- 1.63 00:18 APOLLO 479( 1451) 90 23 2.8 1.3 2.6 1.8 2.1 -- 2.00 02:09 ecamera 464( -345) 93 57 1.9 1.0 2.3 1.4 1.6 ND3 1.33 ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:00 42 10 9 80 (E) 120 clear none 17:00 41 6 15 31 (NNE) 47 clear none 18:00 41 2 17 11 (N) 106 clear none 19:00 39 6 15 23 (NNE) 41 clear none 20:00 38 7 24 24 (NNE) 120 clear none 21:00 39 9 18 9 (N) 232 clear none 22:00 38 8 15 19 (NNE) 162 clear none 23:00 38 11 24 17 (NNE) 182 clear none 00:00 36 11 12 20 (NNE) 166 clear none 01:00 36 6 17 22 (NNE) 265 clear none 02:00 36 3 19 20 (NNE) 178 clear none 03:00 35 3 10 57 (ENE) 189 clear none 04:00 38 4 12 7 (N) 271 clear none 05:00 40 -2 17 356 (N) 174 clear none 06:00 37 -5 15 17 (NNE) 111 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