From: Russet McMillan Subject: 3.5m Night Log 990326 Date: Sat, 27 Mar 1999 05:47:43 -0700 (MST) Apache Point Observatory, Sunspot, NM Friday, March 26th, 1999 3.5-meter Night Observing Log Actual ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT DATE START FINISH ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Stubbs Stubbs,Hastings SPIcam 3/26 19:42 20:42 Stubbs Hastings SPIcam 3/26 20:42 23:55 York Mallouris Echelle 3/27 00:25 04:35 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- INST SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS DAY NOTUSED I/RS/DN START FINISH D B D B D B USE D B ---------------------------------------------------------------------- UW02/S 19:42 20:42 - 1.0 - 0 - 0 0 - 0 EN01/S 20:42 00:10 - 3.5 - 0 - 0 0 - 0 EN02/R 00:10 04:35 1.0 3.4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -------------- Activity Log -------------- 1st Half Observing Specialist: N.C.Hastings 2nd Half Observing Specialist: Russet McMillan The telescope was not opened due to clouds and rain during first half, and high dust counts during second half. FOCUS LOG March 26th 1999 Best Telescope Temp Wind Seeing Time Instrmnt Focus Az El Air/Truss Dir MPH filter FWHM" --------------------------------------------------------------------- WEATHER LOG March 26th 1999 Wind Time Temp-F Dewp-F MPH Direction Dust Sky Precip ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:01 47 27 17 149 (SSE) 711 cloudy none 17:01 44 30 19 148 (SSE) 921 cloudy none 18:01 42 34 14 155 (SSE) 1614 cloudy none 19:01 44 29 20 181 (S) 7057 cloudy none 20:01 41 32 9 189 (S) 7981 cloudy rain 21:01 38 37 8 271 (W) 4405 cloudy rain 22:01 37 36 5 187 (S) 1245 cloudy rain 23:01 35 33 25 201 (SSW) 3265 cloudy none 00:01 38 28 20 182 (S) 2860 ptly cldy none 01:01 38 27 16 182 (S) 4105 ptly cldy none 02:01 37 28 16 172 (S) 4262 ptly cldy none 03:01 37 27 14 184 (S) 3437 ptly cldy none 04:01 37 27 10 197 (SSW) 3764 ptly cldy none 05:01 36 29 11 182 (S) 3559 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 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: 2.54b4 Current guide software version: GIm Ctrl v3.0b 17.out - NCH, RM