Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Sunday, February 08, 2026 PROG PI ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) -------------------------------------------------------------------- UW05 B.Benda B.Benda UW02 P.Yoachim D.Meng, Z.Xu AP02 S.Merkowitz R.McMillan, T.Sutherland ON-SKY PROG INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- UW05 ECHELLE 17:51 00:08 UW02 KOSMOS 00:10 03:22 AP02 APOLLO 03:25 06:20 PROG SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS NOT USED I/ROW/DTN START FINISH D B D B D B D B ----------------------------------------------------------------- UW05/R 17:51 00:10 0 0 0 0 6.3 0.0 0 0 UW02/R 00:10 03:27 0 0 0 0 0.5 2.8 0 0 AP02/R 03:27 06:43 0 0 0 0 0.0 3.3 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: J.Dembicky I set the KOSMOS heater deadband to 3. Torrie had an issue the other night but it seemed to work fine for me. It was still set to 5 and is now at 3. 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 18:43 ecamera 506( -124) 153 66 5.9 5.8 5.9 5.3 5.7 ND2 1.03 00:20 kosmos 456( 784) 133 73 5.4 4.9 5.5 5.0 5.1 -- 1.29 03:29 APOLLO 475( 1542) 48 34 4.4 3.5 4.2 3.4 3.8 -- 1.60 ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:00 42 24 9 352 (N) 860 mstly clr none 17:00 43 20 5 357 (N) 733 clear none 18:00 43 9 14 23 (NNE) 439 clear none 19:00 42 -5 11 12 (NNE) 189 clear none 20:00 42 -3 19 24 (NNE) 264 clear none 21:00 42 4 18 21 (NNE) 386 clear none 22:00 42 9 21 19 (NNE) 494 clear none 23:00 42 8 17 13 (NNE) 437 clear none 00:00 43 6 15 11 (N) 446 clear none 01:00 41 7 16 20 (NNE) 444 clear none 02:00 40 10 12 52 (NE) 531 clear none 03:00 40 11 4 52 (NE) 539 clear none 04:00 39 12 11 33 (NNE) 631 clear none 05:00 38 10 9 356 (N) 563 clear none 06:00 39 10 8 19 (NNE) 512 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