From: "Camron Hastings" Subject: 3.5 meter Night Log 980608 Date: Tue, 9 Jun 1998 04:42:19 -0600 Monday, June 8th, 1998 APACHE POINT OBSERVATORY 3.5-Meter Observing Log ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT DATE START FINISH ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Konigl Tsevi Mazeh GRIM II 6/8-9 21:51 01:10 M. Marley F/M/S* GRIM II 6/9 01:10 04:14 * Forsythe/Marley/Stevens INST SCHEDULED OBS WEATH EQUIP DAY NOTUSED I/RS/DN START FINISH D B D B D B USE D B ---------------------------------------------------------------------- UC11/R 21:51 01:10 - 2.0 - 0 - .3 0 - 0 NM07/S 01:10 04:14 - 3.1 - 0 - 0 0 - 0 (note: times listed include instrument change time) ACTIVITY LOG The enclosure opened this evening at 18:40 hours, skies were mostly clear, temps around 15C. The high clouds started moving in and we were mostly cloudy by 20:00. Things ran pretty smoothly here, except for the fact that the wrong instrument block was loaded when GRIM was put on. Upon discovery of this, the fix was quick and all ran smoothly from there. The observer for UC11 ran remotely from Israel, and the operation went smoothly, despite the increasing clouds that developed. By 01:15 the cloud cover was impenetrable. No further obs were made. OBSERVER'S COMMENTS ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The movie we watched while waiting for the clouds to clear was fairly entertaining. Camron Hastings ---------------------------------------------------------------------- FOCUS LOG June 8th, 1998 Best Telescope Temp Wind Seeing Time Instr Focus Az El Air/Truss Dir MPH filter FWHM" ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 04:50 GRIM II -150/6521 176 70 11.2/11.7 275 12 H .92" WEATHER LOG June 8th, 1998 Wind Time Temp-F Dewp-F MPH Direction Dust Sky Precip ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:01 59 14 23 267 (W) 1210 Ptly Cldy None 17:01 58 14 27 264 (W) 1274 Ptly Cldy None 18:01 59 12 19 256 (WSW) 1364 Cloudy None 19:01 58 11 19 267 (W) 1187 Cloudy None 20:01 56 10 21 249 (WSW) 1232 Cloudy None 21:01 55 9 19 265 (W) 1392 Cloudy None 22:01 54 11 12 287 (WNW) 1265 Cloudy None 23:01 54 11 12 277 (W) 1403 Cloudy None 00:01 53 12 11 286 (WNW) 1261 Cloudy None 01:01 53 12 15 270 (W) 1204 Cloudy None 02:01 51 12 14 269 (W) 1211 Cloudy None 03:01 50 14 11 266 (W) 1153 Cloudy None 04:01 49 14 9 251 (WSW) 1265 Cloudy None note: the wind was coming from the azimuth listed. The convention used is north=0 degrees, east=90 degrees. The dust count is for the particles > 1 micron per 0.1 cu.ft. TELESCOPE STATUS Primary, secondary, and tertiary mirrors in place and collimated. Primary support system operational. Mirror ventilation system in place. Telescope drives operational. Current Remark version: 2.41a Current guide software version: GIm Ctrl v3.0b 15.out - Camron Hastings _______________________________________________ Camron Hastings at Apache Point Observatory http://users.apo.nmsu.edu/~hastings