Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Sunday, April 05, 2026 PROG PI ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) -------------------------------------------------------------------- CU03 A.Kowalski J.Libby-Roberts,P.Premnath JH03 N.Oliveros-Gomez N.Oliveros-Gomez AP01 S.Merkowitz R.McMillan,T.Sutherland ON-SKY PROG INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- CU03 ARCTIC 19:35 01:04 JH03 NICFPS 01:16 05:36 AP01 APOLLO 05:36 06:36 PROG SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS NOT USED I/ROW/DTN START FINISH D B D B D B D B ----------------------------------------------------------------- CU03/R 19:35 01:10 0 0 0 0 3.6 2.0 0 0 JH03/R 01:10 05:36 0 0 0 0 0.0 4.4 0 0 AP01/R 05:36 06:36 0 0 0 0 0.0 1.0 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: T.McQuaid At 04:10 nicfps exposured starting failing with "object tim... failed: exposeTxt="cannot start a new nicfps exposure while another is active" restarting ICS fixed it otherwise good and uneventful ------- 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 20:06 arctic 899( 1294) 9 63 2.5 4.2 4.9 3.2 2.6 sdss_r 2.37 20:06 NA2gdr 36328(36328) 9 63 2.5 4.1 4.9 3.1 2.5 R 2.53 01:38 NICFPS 657( 1182) 164 62 3.9 0.5 1.7 0.9 2.4 MK-J 0.99 05:45 APOLLO 475( 1434) -18 29 3.1 1.1 2.5 1.6 2.6 -- 1.20 ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:00 50 24 10 322 (NW) 1772 clear none 17:00 48 23 10 78 (ENE) 754 clear none 18:00 44 21 14 72 (ENE) 758 clear none 19:00 40 19 22 74 (ENE) 744 clear none 20:00 37 19 16 76 (ENE) 848 clear none 21:00 35 19 15 78 (ENE) 1112 clear none 22:00 34 17 19 70 (ENE) 1288 clear none 23:00 33 17 17 81 (E) 1342 clear none 00:00 33 17 12 85 (E) 1319 clear none 01:00 34 19 7 91 (E) 1186 clear none 02:00 38 25 2 186 (S) 1090 clear none 03:00 38 22 2 182 (S) 1103 clear none 04:00 37 23 1 157 (SSE) 1067 clear none 05:00 38 21 3 191 (S) 1052 clear none 06:00 38 20 1 154 (SSE) 1105 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