Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Saturday, May 30, 2026 PROG PI ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) -------------------------------------------------------------------- UV05 J.Davidson J.Davidson,J.Winters,J.Beck AP01 S.Merkowitz R.McMillan,T.Sutherland OU05 N.Vernekar N.Vernekar ON-SKY PROG INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- UV05 DSSI 20:14 00:10 AP01 APOLLO 00:13 01:07 OU05 ECHELLE 01:14 05:15 PROG SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS NOT USED I/ROW/DTN START FINISH D B D B D B D B ----------------------------------------------------------------- UV05/O 20:14 00:10 0 0 0 0 0.0 3.9 0 0 AP01/R 00:10 01:10 0 0 0 0 0.0 1.0 0 0 OU05/R 01:10 05:48 0 0 0 0 0.0 4.6 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: H.Abbot Beautifully clear night with no 3.5m telescope or instrument issues. ACP froze and crashed multiple times through the night, eventually seemed to be resolved with a full PC restart. ------- 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 20:32 dssi 506( 1689) 114 47 13.0 14.3 14.7 13.6 12.9 692nm 0.60 00:16 APOLLO 446( 1926) 11 30 13.1 12.2 12.9 12.6 12.8 530 1.10 01:18 ecamera 469( 149) -24 39 12.8 12.0 12.7 12.0 12.5 ND1 0.97 ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:00 61 17 23 265 (W) 1362 clear none 17:00 65 17 11 255 (WSW) 1380 clear none 18:00 64 16 22 221 (SW) 1514 clear none 19:00 60 13 16 267 (W) 1478 clear none 20:00 57 13 11 247 (WSW) 1385 clear none 21:00 56 14 13 248 (WSW) 1757 clear none 22:00 56 14 15 227 (SW) 1396 clear none 23:00 56 15 14 235 (SW) 1500 clear none 00:00 56 15 11 246 (WSW) 1447 clear none 01:00 55 16 10 263 (W) 1518 clear none 02:00 55 17 7 260 (W) 1594 clear none 03:00 56 15 17 293 (WNW) 1664 clear none 04:00 55 14 12 272 (W) 1557 clear none 05:00 54 14 9 321 (NW) 1704 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