Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Saturday, July 18, 2026 PROG PI ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) -------------------------------------------------------------------- WY01 M.Moe M.Moe,S.Dandu GS01 D.Michael M.Shea ON-SKY PROG INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- WY01 KOSMOS -- -- GS01 KOSMOS -- -- PROG SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS NOT USED I/ROW/DTN START FINISH D B D B D B D B ----------------------------------------------------------------- WY01/R 20:20 01:10 2.0 2.8 0 0 0.0 0.0 0 0 GS01/R 01:10 06:00 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 Ran hub startNubs gcam and hub startNubs gcamera at checkout due to gcam exposures failing Manually reset mirror covers at 18:30 after tui failed to open them, worked fine after Stayed closed due to rainclouds in the vicinity at the start of the night, and periodic rain which became a consistent shower after 00:00. Rain and clouds started clearing out right before twilight but by then we had run out of usable time for science. ------- 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 62 51 0 248 (WSW) cloudy none 17:00 66 48 7 219 (SW) 777 cloudy none 18:00 63 52 8 188 (S) 1322 cloudy none 19:00 62 54 6 262 (W) cloudy rain 20:00 57 54 4 249 (WSW) cloudy lt rain 21:00 57 52 2 241 (WSW) cloudy none 22:00 58 51 9 307 (NW) cloudy lt rain 23:00 58 51 5 305 (NW) cloudy none 00:00 54 51 21 65 (ENE) cloudy rain 01:00 53 50 23 65 (ENE) cloudy rain 02:00 57 44 10 57 (ENE) cloudy rain 03:00 58 44 7 345 (NNW) 451 cloudy rain 04:00 57 44 11 19 (NNE) 587 mstly cldy lt rain 05:00 58 44 7 350 (N) 505 ptly cldy 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: