Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Wednesday, February 18, 2026 PROG PI ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) -------------------------------------------------------------------- NM02 G.Rosales G.Rosales UW02 P.Yoachim D.Meng,Z.Xu UW04 B.Choi B.Choi ON-SKY PROG INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- NM02 ECHELLE --:-- --:-- UW02 KOSMOS --:-- --:-- UW04 ECHELLE --:-- --:-- PROG SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS NOT USED I/ROW/DTN START FINISH D B D B D B D B ----------------------------------------------------------------- NM02/R 18:00 00:10 4.8 1.4 0 0 0.0 0.0 0 0 UW02/R 00:10 03:22 3.2 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0 0 UW04/R 03:22 06:34 3.2 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: A.Townsend Wind gusts up over 50mph, 1-micron dust counts over 20,000, and some low clouds kept us closed all night. No 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:00 41 6 38 259 (W) 14545 mstly clr dust 17:00 38 13 29 267 (W) 15957 mstly clr dust 18:00 35 8 30 273 (W) 27021 mstly clr dust 19:00 34 7 29 241 (WSW) 19386 mstly clr dust 20:00 34 5 27 267 (W) 10995 mstly clr dust 21:00 33 5 24 258 (WSW) 8932 mstly clr dust 22:00 32 10 23 261 (W) 5403 mstly clr dust 23:00 30 12 23 260 (W) 5528 mstly clr dust 00:00 29 14 14 268 (W) 2957 ptly cldy none 01:00 28 16 25 272 (W) 4419 cloudy dust 02:00 28 18 30 282 (WNW) 3009 cloudy dust 03:00 28 18 27 286 (WNW) cloudy none 04:00 27 19 37 297 (WNW) cloudy none 05:00 27 20 29 267 (W) cloudy 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