Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Friday, February 06, 2026 PROG PI ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) -------------------------------------------------------------------- WY03 C.Kobulnicky N.Patten CU02 Z.Berta-Thompson Z.Berta-Thompson,P.Wachiraphan ON-SKY PROG INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- WY03 ECHELLE 17:49 23:53 CU02 KOSMOS 23:57 05:33 PROG SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS NOT USED I/ROW/DTN START FINISH D B D B D B D B ----------------------------------------------------------------- WY03/R 17:49 00:10 0 0 0 0 4.9 1.5 0 0 CU02/R 00:10 06:45 0 1.2 0 0 0.0 5.4 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: T.Sutherland Restarted gcam nubs at checkout. Opened the dome to start venting at 16:45. Restarted dataq after we went on sky in A-half. Kosmos exposure failed out of the blue at around 1am. had to restart kosmos icc which worked. Couldn't reset the heater servo deadband though, see PR2276. Kosmos ccd temps have been ranging from 156-173K tonight. Gave up at 5:30am due to pesky clouds. ------- 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 18:15 ecamera 374( -145) -21 70 6.4 7.9 7.6 7.5 6.2 ND1 1.08 22:23 ecamera 461( -171) 322 52 6.4 5.6 6.1 5.6 6.1 ND3 0.67 00:15 kosmos 561( 902) 92 41 5.1 4.8 5.5 4.7 4.8 -- 1.19 ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:00 48 21 10 244 (WSW) 358 clear none 17:00 47 24 7 242 (WSW) 559 clear none 18:00 43 22 6 210 (SSW) 332 clear none 19:00 43 21 9 215 (SW) 229 clear none 20:00 43 18 8 229 (SW) 237 clear none 21:00 43 14 11 235 (SW) 216 clear none 22:00 44 15 14 231 (SW) 218 clear none 23:00 43 15 14 242 (WSW) 255 clear none 00:00 42 16 12 232 (SW) 244 clear none 01:00 40 22 16 229 (SW) 382 clear none 02:00 40 21 13 247 (WSW) 511 clear none 03:00 41 22 14 246 (WSW) 746 mstly clr none 04:00 41 20 11 266 (W) 602 mstly clr none 05:00 41 19 9 267 (W) 774 ptly cldy 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