Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Saturday, March 07, 2026 PROG PI ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) -------------------------------------------------------------------- UW05 B.Benda B.Benda UW11 S.Hawley S.Hawley, L.Hebb AP01 S.Merkowitz R.McMillan, T.Sutherland ON-SKY PROG INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- UW05 ECHELLE 18:14 00:10 UW11 ECHELLE 00:10 06:14 AP01 APOLLO 06:14 07:14 PROG SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS NOT USED I/ROW/DTN START FINISH D B D B D B D B ----------------------------------------------------------------- UW05/R 18:14 00:10 0 0 0 0 4.2 1.7 0 0 UW11/R 00:10 06:14 0 0 0 0 0.0 5.1 0 0 AP01/R 06:14 07:14 0 0 0 0 0.0 1.0 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: J.Dembicky Daylight Savings time change tonight, UW11 is actually a 5 hr program, not 6 hrs that was computed. 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 18:40 ecamera 512( -123) -27 64 2.7 5.7 5.1 5.1 3.5 ND3 0.97 20:53 ecamera 432( -316) -12 55 3.2 3.1 3.4 2.7 2.9 Clear 0.86 00:16 ecamera 533( -272) -35 48 4.5 1.9 3.5 2.4 3.7 Clear 1.05 06:20 APOLLO 450( 1427) -23 45 4.2 1.8 3.6 2.7 3.4 -- 0.90 ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:00 46 18 12 264 (W) 511 clear none 17:00 44 17 10 241 (WSW) 650 clear none 18:00 41 18 8 247 (WSW) 704 clear none 19:00 38 17 1 188 (S) 640 clear none 20:00 38 19 5 236 (SW) 565 clear none 21:00 37 19 2 193 (SSW) 531 clear none 22:00 38 17 3 229 (SW) 608 clear none 23:00 40 16 2 227 (SW) 517 mstly clr none 00:00 40 18 6 255 (WSW) 1097 mstly clr none 01:00 39 16 7 290 (WNW) 1064 clear none 03:00 40 15 2 257 (WSW) 1106 clear none 04:00 40 17 3 234 (SW) 1094 clear none 05:00 40 17 2 239 (WSW) 1113 clear none 06:00 40 19 4 253 (WSW) 1330 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