Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Monday, January 19, 2026 PROG PI ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) -------------------------------------------------------------------- UW07 G.Khullar G.Khullar NM03 T.McQuaid T.McQuaid ON-SKY PROG INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- UW07 KOSMOS 17:32 00:07 NM03 ECHELLE 00:10 06:13 PROG SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS NOT USED I/ROW/DTN START FINISH D B D B D B D B ----------------------------------------------------------------- UW07/R 17:32 00:10 0 0 0 0 5.7 0.9 0 0 NM03/R 00:10 06:56 0 0 0 0 6.8 0.0 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: J.Dembicky A CME hit the earth today and sparked the Aurora tonight on our cloud cam! Other than clouds for part of the night, we never closed, we had no problems tonight. ------- 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 18:17 khigh 375( 695) 42 49 1.0 4.5 3.7 5.2 1.4 -- 2.30 19:22 khigh 375( 548) -97 45 -0.2 1.3 2.1 1.4 0.0 -- 1.09 00:14 ecamera 523( -349) -136 52 1.7 0.5 1.4 0.6 1.4 ND1 0.85 ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:00 39 11 6 202 (SSW) 1156 mstly clr none 17:00 37 10 5 257 (WSW) 1351 mstly clr none 18:00 34 9 3 254 (WSW) 1947 mstly clr none 19:00 33 9 6 192 (SSW) 1690 mstly clr none 20:00 30 11 6 226 (SW) 1641 mstly clr none 21:00 33 10 1 167 (SSE) 1240 ptly cldy none 22:00 35 9 7 251 (WSW) 1029 mstly cldy none 23:00 35 11 7 280 (W) 1340 mstly cldy none 00:00 35 10 8 309 (NW) 1534 mstly clr none 01:00 34 10 2 269 (W) 1243 mstly cldy none 02:00 35 9 10 308 (NW) 1528 mstly cldy none 03:00 35 9 2 304 (NW) 1698 mstly clr none 04:00 34 9 3 283 (WNW) 1647 clear none 05:00 35 10 6 258 (WSW) 1982 clear none 06:00 35 9 9 246 (WSW) 1933 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