Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Thursday, January 15, 2026 PROG PI ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) -------------------------------------------------------------------- CU06 J.Bally J.Bally NM03 T.McQuaid T.McQuaid ON-SKY PROG INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- CU06 KOSMOS 05:29 09:39 CU06 ARCTIC 09:51 00:05 NM03 ECHELLE 00:08 6:03 PROG SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS NOT USED I/ROW/DTN START FINISH D B D B D B D B ----------------------------------------------------------------- CU06/R 17:29 00:10 0 0 0 0 6.7 0.0 0 0 NM03/R 00:10 06:57 0 0 0 0 5.5 1.3 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: T.McQuaid Uneventful night, good weather throughout. Swapped to ARCTIC at 9:39, then to the echelle at 00:05. ------- 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 18:04 kosmos 568( 926) 73 24 4.6 4.8 5.0 4.4 4.4 -- 0.95 22:00 arctic 466( 738) -2 70 3.1 1.6 3.0 2.3 2.8 H-alpha 1.05 22:02 NA2gdr 35032(35032) -3 70 3.0 1.6 3.0 2.3 2.8 -- 1.38 00:26 ecamera 547( -296) -137 78 2.5 1.4 2.7 2.2 2.4 -- 0.84 ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:00 39 14 16 327 (NNW) 77 clear none 17:00 40 14 18 318 (NW) 107 clear none 18:00 41 13 4 79 (E) 96 clear none 19:00 41 14 10 327 (NNW) 99 clear none 20:00 39 15 2 293 (WNW) 136 clear none 21:00 38 16 7 334 (NNW) 184 clear none 22:00 38 17 12 335 (NNW) 197 clear none 23:00 37 18 11 359 (N) 347 clear none 00:00 37 18 13 3 (N) 381 clear none 01:00 36 19 9 1 (N) 314 clear none 02:00 37 14 24 20 (NNE) 182 clear none 03:00 34 14 19 10 (N) 151 clear none 04:00 36 9 23 27 (NNE) 156 clear none 05:00 39 3 20 20 (NNE) 85 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