Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Friday, October 09, 2026 PROG PI ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) -------------------------------------------------------------------- UV05 A.Verbiscer A.Verbiscer UW01 P.Yoachim Z.Xu,D.Meng UW07 C.Chandler C.Chandler,I.Chow,J.Murtagh ON-SKY PROG INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- UV05 ARCTIC 18:52 01:04 UW01 KOSMOS 01:19 03:49 UW07 ARCTIC 04:00 06:25 PROG SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS NOT USED I/ROW/DTN START FINISH D B D B D B D B ----------------------------------------------------------------- UV05/R 18:46 01:10 0 0 0 0 6.4 0.0 0 0 UW01/R 01:10 04:00 0 0 0 0 2.8 0.0 0 0 UW07/R 04:00 06:55 0 0 0 0 2.9 0.0 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: A.Townsend ARCTIC LL quad mostly recovered by 20:00. We had a mostly clear night with decent seeing! No new telescope or instrument problems. ------- 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 19:21 arctic 510( 1184) 14 36 9.9 11.8 12.0 11.7 9.8 SDSS_r 1.16 01:30 kosmos 390( 924) -42 50 9.7 9.1 9.6 9.1 9.4 -- 1.03 04:08 arctic 405( 920) 82 49 9.4 8.7 9.3 8.7 9.0 CUVR 1.46 ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:00 58 43 7 185 (S) 414 mstly clr none 17:00 55 40 13 226 (SW) 397 mstly clr none 18:00 54 42 14 210 (SSW) 397 mstly clr none 19:00 50 39 9 187 (S) 438 mstly clr none 20:00 49 38 13 153 (SSE) 457 mstly clr none 21:00 48 38 12 156 (SSE) 484 mstly clr none 22:00 49 38 12 180 (S) 489 clear none 23:00 50 38 16 179 (S) 364 clear none 00:00 50 39 15 181 (S) 391 clear none 01:00 50 39 14 182 (S) 365 clear none 02:00 49 39 13 186 (S) 369 clear none 03:00 50 39 12 183 (S) 416 clear none 04:00 49 39 11 188 (S) 414 mstly clr none 05:00 49 40 11 187 (S) mstly clr none 06:00 49 39 6 185 (S) 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: 3.2.2