Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Wednesday, April 08, 2026 PROG PI ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) -------------------------------------------------------------------- OU02 G.Jewett G.Jewett OU01 M.Kilic M.Kilic&Class AP01 S.Merkowitz R.McMillan ON-SKY PROG INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- OU02 ARCTIC 19:43 01:05 OU01 ARCTIC 01:05 05:34 AP01 APOLLO 05:38 06:32 PROG SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS NOT USED I/ROW/DTN START FINISH D B D B D B D B ----------------------------------------------------------------- OU02/O 19:37 01:10 0 0 0 0 5.6 0.0 0 0 OU01/R 01:10 05:32 0 0 0 0 0.7 3.7 0 0 AP01/W 05:32 06:32 0 0 0 0 0.0 1.0 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: A.Townsend Frozen dataq restarted at start of night. Clear night with good seeing! We got all 6 reflectors with APOLLO :) Small power flash at 06:30, which seems to have interrupted APOLLO. No other problems! ------- 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 20:19 arctic 449( 1171) 27 34 8.9 10.6 10.1 9.5 9.2 BG40 0.92 01:16 arctic 471( 1072) 34 39 9.3 8.2 8.9 8.1 8.6 BG40 0.95 05:41 APOLLO 480( 1752) 17 29 9.3 7.8 8.5 7.7 8.5 530 1.10 ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:00 53 24 13 269 (W) 538 clear none 17:00 55 24 11 247 (WSW) 470 clear none 18:00 52 20 11 277 (W) 479 clear none 19:00 52 21 6 264 (W) 523 clear none 20:00 47 22 5 241 (WSW) 489 clear none 21:00 47 20 4 262 (W) 490 clear none 22:00 50 18 2 222 (SW) 471 clear none 23:00 50 25 2 214 (SW) 646 clear none 00:00 49 25 5 244 (WSW) 672 clear none 01:00 49 25 8 205 (SSW) 865 clear none 02:00 49 27 9 187 (S) 1005 clear none 03:00 48 28 8 201 (SSW) 1280 clear none 04:00 46 28 6 249 (WSW) 929 clear none 05:00 48 25 6 244 (WSW) 722 clear none 06:00 49 25 6 252 (WSW) 693 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