Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Friday, July 17, 2026 PROG PI ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) -------------------------------------------------------------------- AP01 S.Merkowitz R.McMillan UW10 I.Chow I.Chow,C.Chandler,J.Murtagh,D.Singh NM04 M.Prescott M.Prescott,J.Burchett ON-SKY PROG INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- AP01 APOLLO -- -- UW10 ARCTIC -- -- NM04 KOSMOS -- -- PROG SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS NOT USED I/ROW/DTN START FINISH D B D B D B D B ----------------------------------------------------------------- AP01/R 20:20 21:20 0 1.0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0 0 UW10/R 21:20 01:10 2.5 1.3 0 0 0.0 0.0 0 0 NM04/R 01:10 05:59 4.8 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: T.McQuaid Stayed closed entire night for heavy clouds and rain which started at 19:56 and continued intermittently throughout the entire night. B-half called it a night at 04:15 ------- 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 64 45 4 319 (NW) 1852 cloudy none 17:00 70 47 14 259 (W) 2024 cloudy none 18:00 64 47 9 240 (WSW) 2036 cloudy none 19:00 58 49 13 165 (SSE) cloudy lt rain 20:00 57 47 14 126 (SE) cloudy lt rain 21:00 58 46 2 133 (SE) 1875 cloudy lt rain 22:00 59 47 9 282 (WNW) 1959 cloudy lt rain 23:00 58 49 1 356 (N) cloudy lt rain 00:00 55 50 5 202 (SSW) cloudy lt rain 01:00 54 49 9 205 (SSW) cloudy lt rain 02:00 53 52 5 204 (SSW) cloudy rain 03:00 52 51 3 253 (WSW) cloudy rain 04:00 52 50 4 229 (SW) cloudy rain 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: