Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Sunday, April 26, 2026 PROG PI ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) -------------------------------------------------------------------- AP01 S.Merkowitz R.McMillan UW08 S.Hawley S.Hawley, L.Hebb ON-SKY PROG INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- AP01 APOLLO --:-- --:-- UW08 ECHELLE 23:00 05;39 PROG SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS NOT USED I/ROW/DTN START FINISH D B D B D B D B ----------------------------------------------------------------- AP01/R 19:50 20:50 0 1.0 0 0 0.0 1.0 0 0 UW08/R 20:50 06:11 0 2.2 0 0 2.0 5.1 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: J.Dembicky Dust and high winds at the start of the night. We finally opened at 23:00. 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 23:10 ecamera 508( 33) 14 74 6.9 9.2 11.0 9.2 7.1 ND1 1.19 23:47 ecamera 545( 11) -11 46 6.6 7.6 9.2 7.3 6.6 ND2 1.60 ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:00 57 23 42 263 (W) 32119 ptly cldy dust 17:00 57 21 35 259 (W) 37461 ptly cldy dust 18:00 56 21 38 265 (W) 46946 ptly cldy dust 19:00 54 20 35 253 (WSW) 42991 ptly cldy dust 20:00 51 18 32 248 (WSW) 19969 mstly cldy dust 21:00 49 15 27 258 (WSW) 7060 mstly cldy dust 22:00 46 14 18 266 (W) 13846 mstly cldy dust 23:00 45 16 19 276 (W) 3838 mstly clr none 00:00 44 17 24 254 (WSW) 2871 clear none 01:00 43 18 21 266 (W) 2497 clear none 02:00 41 20 16 270 (W) 2143 clear none 03:00 40 20 18 266 (W) 2258 clear none 04:00 39 21 7 298 (WNW) 2331 clear none 05:00 38 21 23 292 (WNW) 2201 clear none 06:00 37 19 28 289 (WNW) 2041 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