Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Sunday, March 29, 2026 PROG PI ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) -------------------------------------------------------------------- AV01 A.Verbiscer A.Verbiscer UW02 P.Yoachim D.Meng,Z.Xu,Z.Liu NM06 W.Roberson W.Roberson,A.Abbas ON-SKY PROG INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- AV01 ARCTIC 19:30 01:03 UW02 KOSMOS 01:18 03:35 NM06 ECHELLE 03:41 06:24 PROG SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS NOT USED I/ROW/DTN START FINISH D B D B D B D B ----------------------------------------------------------------- AV01/R 19:30 01:10 0 0 0 0 0.0 5.7 0 0 UW02/R 01:10 03:40 0 0 0 0 0.0 2.5 0 0 NM06/R 03:40 06:45 0 0 0 0 1.1 2.0 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: A.Townsend We had a small power flash at 20:12. Annoying clouds of varying thickness all night but we were able to observe through them and had pretty good seeing all night. 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 19:16 arctic 336( 1242) 74 31 13.2 14.5 13.8 13.7 12.5 SDSS_r 1.02 23:16 arctic 467( 1205) 22 51 11.9 11.3 12.0 11.1 11.5 SDSS_r 0.71 00:26 kosmos 475( 1103) 29 52 11.6 11.1 11.8 10.9 11.2 -- 0.72 ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:00 60 20 1 232 (SW) 2285 ptly cldy none 17:00 61 20 8 348 (NNW) 2223 ptly cldy none 18:00 59 19 11 322 (NW) 2127 ptly cldy none 19:00 57 19 2 329 (NNW) 2350 ptly cldy none 20:00 55 19 2 316 (NW) 2414 ptly cldy none 21:00 55 19 2 237 (WSW) 2488 ptly cldy none 22:00 54 19 7 238 (WSW) 2490 ptly cldy none 23:00 54 21 9 189 (S) 2528 mstly cldy none 00:00 54 20 7 193 (SSW) 2627 mstly cldy none 01:00 54 22 11 215 (SW) 2754 mstly cldy none 02:00 53 22 12 200 (SSW) 2997 mstly cldy none 03:00 53 20 9 206 (SSW) 2555 mstly cldy none 04:00 51 19 8 196 (SSW) 2508 mstly clr none 05:00 53 19 9 229 (SW) 2440 ptly cldy none 06:00 52 19 9 249 (WSW) 2294 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