From: "Camron Hastings" Subject: 3.5-meter Night Log 980825 Date: Wed, 26 Aug 1998 03:08:32 -0600 Tuesday, August 25th 1998 APACHE POINT OBSERVATORY 3.5-Meter Observing Log ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT DATE START FINISH ---------------------------------------------------------------------- E.Deutsch E.Deutsch GRIM 8/25-26 21:03 22:18 S.Hameed S.Hameed DIS 8/26 22:48 00:55 D.Zucker D.Zucker DIS 8/26 01:25 05:07 INST SCHEDULED OBS WEATH EQUIP DAY NOTUSED I/RS/DN START FINISH D B D B D B USE D B ---------------------------------------------------------------------- UW10/R 21:03 22:18 0 0 1.3 0 0 0 0 0 0 NM05/R 22:48 00:55 0 0 2.2 0 0 0 0 0 0 UW03/R 01:25 05:06 0 0 3.7 0 0 0 0 0 0 ACTIVITY LOG We stayed closed the whole night due to inclement weather. Today we did replace the motor on the rotator in hopes of improved performance, unfortunately we were unable to test due to rain. -Camron Hastings FOCUS LOG August 25th 1998 Best Telescope Temp Wind Seeing Time Instrmt Focus Az El Air/Truss Dir MPH filter FWHM" ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------ No Focus Data Tonight ------------------- WEATHER LOG August 25th 1998 Wind Time Temp-F Dewp-F MPH Direction Dust Sky Precip ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:01 66 50 14 82 (E) 300 Mstly Cldy None 17:01 62 49 12 85 (E) 226 Mstly Cldy None 18:01 63 47 12 69 (ENE) 260 Mstly Cldy None 19:01 60 51 16 76 (ENE) 290 Mstly Cldy None 20:01 59 50 14 75 (ENE) 369 Mstly Cldy None 21:01 60 50 7 85 (E) 396 Mstly Cldy None 22:01 59 50 6 87 (E) 434 Mstly Cldy None 23:01 58 50 6 106 (ESE) 515 Cloudy None 00:01 59 50 5 251 (WSW) 634 Cloudy Rain 01:01 58 51 8 179 (S) 772 Cldy/Fog Rain 02:01 52 53 13 21 (NNE) 725 Cldy/Fog Rain 03:01 56 52 1 164 (SSE) 890 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 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: 2.42 Current guide software version: GIm Ctrl v3.0b 15.out