Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Monday, October 26, 2026 PROG PI ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) -------------------------------------------------------------------- EN01 C.Smith T.Sutherland,R.McMillan ON-SKY PROG INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- EN01 ARCTIC 18:50 19:50 EN01 KOSMOS 20:05 21:30 EN01 ARCTIC 21:45 23:00 EN01 SHACK 23:20 00:40 EN01 NA2GUIDER 00:45 04:00 PROG SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS NOT USED I/ROW/DTN START FINISH D B D B D B D B ----------------------------------------------------------------- EN01/R 18:26 01:10 0 0.4 0 0 0.0 6.3 0 0 EN01/R 01:10 07:08 0 3.2 0 0 0.0 2.8 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: T.Sutherland Opened at 18:50 to clear skies for once. Weather was good all night until a fog bank came out of nowhere at 4am sharp, and I had to rush to close. Called it a night after that. Engineering tasks done: - restart axis controllers, dataq, hub, tcc - kcam focus check (values changed) - Arctic single quad testing with different readout modes - collimation adjustment - pointing model implemented To Do: - pointing checks - ecam focus check - throughput - tert remap? - MOS testing? - wiki updates ------- 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 19:10 arctic 350( 916) 103 62 6.6 9.9 10.1 9.6 7.4 SDSS_i 1.03 20:26 kosmos 250( 722) 39 62 7.4 7.9 8.2 7.4 7.2 -- 1.00 21:20 klow 200( 635) 9 67 7.4 7.2 7.7 6.9 7.0 -- 0.60 21:57 arctic 400( 823) -2 67 7.3 7.0 7.6 6.7 7.1 SDSS_i 0.68 23:56 shack 300( 1415) 156 60 7.0 6.2 6.9 6.0 6.5 -- 1.00 00:52 guider 415( 847) 225 78 7.5 6.2 6.8 6.1 6.9 R+ND2 1.01 00:54 NA2gdr 37763(37763) 226 78 7.4 6.2 6.8 6.1 6.9 R+ND2 0.97 ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:00 51 39 7 238 (WSW) 280 ptly cldy none 17:00 52 36 6 263 (W) 236 mstly clr none 18:00 47 34 9 254 (WSW) 198 clear none 19:00 45 30 10 232 (SW) 169 clear none 20:00 43 32 10 226 (SW) 228 clear none 21:00 45 32 8 244 (WSW) 209 clear none 22:00 45 33 9 234 (SW) 225 clear none 23:00 44 37 12 221 (SW) clear none 00:00 45 38 11 228 (SW) mstly clr none 01:00 45 36 10 260 (W) 221 clear none 02:00 44 36 11 240 (WSW) mstly clr none 03:00 45 37 10 212 (SSW) mstly clr none 04:00 44 41 8 195 (SSW) ptly cldy fog 05:00 44 43 12 211 (SSW) ptly cldy fog 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: 3.2.2