Date: Fri, 23 Apr 1999 07:08:56 -0600 (MDT) From: Karen Gloria Subject: 990422 obslog THURSDAY APRIL 22, 1999 APACHE POINT OBSERVATORY OBSERVING LOG ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT DATE START FINISH Staff Staff Amber 4/22-23 - - Chanover Chanover, Hillman, AOTF 4/23 03:30 04:57 Murphy INST SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS DAY NOTUSED I/RS/DN START FINISH D B D B D B USE D B EN01/S 21:06 01:10 - 4.1 - 0 - 0 - - 0 NM01/S 01:10 04:57 1.0 1.4 0 0 1.4 0 - 0 0 (note: times listed include instrument change time) ACTIVITY LOG (* means a trouble report has been issued or appended to) 1st half observing specialist: Camron Hastings 2nd half observing specialist: Karen Gloria The telescope remained closed due to dust until 03:30 MDT. Nancy Chanover, John Hillman, and Jim Murphy were on site ot observe with their instrument, the AOTF. after we opened the telescope. we got an updated instrument block for the AOTF. OBSERVER COMMENTS FOCUS LOG APRIL 22 1999 Wind Time Inst Focus Az El #Temp Dir MPH filt FWHM " #First temp is air, second temp is telescope. WEATHER APRIL 22 1999 Wind Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Precip. 16:01 64 18 30 229 (SW) 6725 clear none 17:01 62 17 20 241 (WSW) 6870 clear none 18:01 61 16 29 257 (WSW) 11020 clear none 19:01 57 15 27 252 (WSW) 6735 clear none 20:01 54 18 25 254 (WSW) 34346 clear none 21:01 52 18 33 247 (WSW) 25482 clear none 22:01 50 20 22 234 (SW) 18070 clear none 23:01 50 20 28 267 (W) 10112 clear none 00:01 48 21 23 232 (SW) 7199 clear none 01:01 46 21 24 241 (WSW) 4189 clear none 02:01 46 21 20 238 (WSW) 2734 clear none 03:01 44 20 17 228 (SW) 2102 clear none 04:01 44 21 21 217 (SW) 1370 clear none 05:01 43 21 17 218 (SW) 1427 clear none 06:01 42 19 18 207 (SSW) 1324 clear none 07:01 42 19 12 196 (SSW) 1440 clear 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 > 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: 2.52 Current guide software version: GIm Ctrlv3.0b17. - Camron Hastings, Karen Gloria