Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Sunday, May 03, 2026 PROG PI ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) -------------------------------------------------------------------- UW11 C.Chandler M.Frissell,D.Singh BY03 E.Hintz G.Steed,S.FelvusRichmond ON-SKY PROG INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- UW11 ARCTIC 20:41 01:02 BY03 TSPEC 01:18 05:49 PROG SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS NOT USED I/ROW/DTN START FINISH D B D B D B D B ----------------------------------------------------------------- UW11/R 19:55 01:10 0 0 0 0 2.1 3.2 0 0 BY03/R 01:10 06:05 0 0 0 0 0.0 4.9 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: A.Townsend Frustrating clouds all night long but we persisted and got a few photons through them. No telescope or instrument 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 20:49 arctic 749( 1419) 54 33 8.6 9.6 8.1 9.4 8.6 CU_VR 1.49 00:26 arctic 535( 1156) 16 39 9.7 8.7 9.1 8.7 9.2 SDSS_r 1.08 01:28 tcamera 519( 1290) 85 42 9.4 8.7 9.1 8.8 9.1 Ks 1.37 ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:00 50 37 12 233 (SW) 838 cloudy none 17:00 48 37 11 210 (SSW) 823 cloudy none 18:00 48 37 13 216 (SW) 775 cloudy none 19:00 48 37 15 249 (WSW) 832 ptly cldy none 20:00 48 35 14 262 (W) 1011 ptly cldy none 21:00 47 36 19 236 (SW) 1119 mstly clr none 22:00 49 36 16 259 (W) 1098 ptly cldy none 23:00 48 36 16 261 (W) 1058 cloudy none 00:00 49 34 15 258 (WSW) 1097 cloudy none 01:00 50 33 16 257 (WSW) 981 cloudy none 02:00 49 35 10 257 (WSW) 1026 cloudy none 03:00 48 35 15 265 (W) 1043 cloudy none 04:00 48 35 15 258 (WSW) 1250 cloudy none 05:00 46 36 11 263 (W) 1194 cloudy none 06:00 48 31 12 270 (W) 1753 cloudy 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