Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Wednesday, June 17, 2026 PROG PI ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) -------------------------------------------------------------------- AP01 S.Merkowitz R.McMillan,T.Sutherland NM07 T.McQuaid T.McQuaid UW02 B.Benda B.Benda ON-SKY PROG INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- AP01 APOLLO --:-- --:-- NM07 ECHELLE 23:41 01:07 UW02 ECHELLE 01:08 04:45 PROG SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS NOT USED I/ROW/DTN START FINISH D B D B D B D B ----------------------------------------------------------------- AP01/R 20:22 21:22 1 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 NM07/R 21:22 01:10 1.3 1.7 0 0 0.8 0 0 0 UW02/R 01:10 05:46 0 0 0 0 4.6 0.0 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: T.Sutherland A dusty and cloudy start to the evening. Dust cleared just before midnight and I was able to open. Observer called it quits early because the targets were setting. No echelle iol this morning since cals were being taken. 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 23:46 ecamera 446( 447) 208 84 18.2 19.4 21.6 19.3 18.1 clear 0.90 01:13 ecamera 428( 363) -130 47 17.8 17.6 18.6 17.1 17.2 ND2 1.17 ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:00 78 30 19 286 (WNW) 875 ptly cldy none 17:00 79 31 14 261 (W) 893 ptly cldy none 18:00 76 29 13 250 (WSW) 850 mstly cldy dust 19:00 71 33 14 268 (W) 10354 mstly cldy dust 20:00 68 33 17 275 (W) 19153 mstly cldy dust 21:00 65 33 15 323 (NW) 22898 mstly cldy dust 22:00 65 33 6 308 (NW) 11508 mstly cldy dust 23:00 65 33 18 311 (NW) 4225 ptly cldy dust 00:00 64 34 13 307 (NW) 1875 ptly cldy none 01:00 63 34 5 326 (NW) 1171 mstly clr none 02:00 63 34 2 309 (NW) 2157 mstly clr none 03:00 62 34 5 289 (WNW) 1245 mstly clr none 04:00 61 35 9 1 (N) 902 mstly clr none 05:00 61 35 11 356 (N) 867 mstly clr 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