Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Friday, June 26, 2026 PROG PI ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) -------------------------------------------------------------------- AP02 S.Merkowitz R.McMillan UW01 P.Yoachim Z.Xu,D.Meng,Z.Liu NM05 N.Chanover N.Chanover ON-SKY PROG INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- AP02 APOLLO --:-- --:-- UW01 KOSMOS --:-- --:-- NM05 ECHELLE --:-- --:-- PROG SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS NOT USED I/ROW/DTN START FINISH D B D B D B D B ----------------------------------------------------------------- AP02/R 20:24 22:47 0 2.4 0 0 0.0 0.0 0 0 UW01/R 22:47 01:10 0 2.4 0 0 0.0 0.0 0 0 NM05/R 01:10 05:49 2.0 2.6 0 0 0.0 0.0 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: R.McMillan The rain started just before sunset, and recurred intermittently until about 2 am. But the particle counts were also quite high, and the clouds never really went away aside from a few gaps while there were still other reasons to stay closed. ------- 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:00 73 41 16 274 (W) 909 mstly clr none 17:00 76 42 9 261 (W) 1003 ptly cldy none 18:00 74 41 16 255 (WSW) 974 ptly cldy none 19:00 72 40 16 251 (WSW) 1051 mstly cldy none 20:00 70 37 15 260 (W) 828 cloudy rain 21:00 58 40 13 235 (SW) 16731 cloudy rain 22:00 59 32 11 65 (ENE) 10011 cloudy lt rain 23:00 62 32 12 327 (NNW) 7929 cloudy dust 00:00 58 31 22 225 (SW) 4014 cloudy lt rain 01:00 58 31 17 188 (S) 36580 cloudy dust 02:00 57 28 13 197 (SSW) 10375 cloudy dust 03:00 60 31 13 250 (WSW) 6063 cloudy dust 04:00 59 29 13 229 (SW) 7068 cloudy dust 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: