Date: Sun, 27 Jun 1999 06:00:24 -0600 (MDT) From: Karen Gloria Subject: 3.5-m obslog 990626 SATURDAY JUNE 26, 1999 APACHE POINT OBSERVATORY OBSERVING LOG ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT DATE START FINISH Chanover Chanover, Hillman AOTF 6/26 20:57 21:57 Palen Chanover (see above) AOTF 6/26 21:57 22:57 Balick (see above) AOTF 6/26-27 22:57 01:10 Wallerstein Brown, Gonzalez Echelle 6/27 01:10 04:15 Wallerstein INST SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS DAY NOTUSED I/RS/DN START FINISH D B D B D B USE D B DD02/S 20:57 21:57 - - - - - - 1.0 - - DD02/S 21:57 22:57 - 0 - 0 - 1.0 - - 0 UW10/S 22:57 01:10 - 0 - 0 - 2.2 - - 0 UW06/R 01:10 04:15 - 0 - 0 - 3.1 - - 0 (note: times listed include instrument change time) ACTIVITY LOG (* means a trouble report has been issued or appended to) 1st half observing specialist: K. Gloria 2nd half observing specialist: K. Gloria The telescope was opened at 19:30 MDT under partly cloudy skies. The sky remained so for the rest of the night. Stacey Palen, John Hillman, and Nancy Chanover had their last night of this run with the AOTF. Everything went smoothly. Guillermo Gonzales and George Wallerstein observed remotely with the Echelle, with Jeff Brown collaborating from on site. Everything went smoothly with the Echelle run as well. OBSERVER COMMENTS FOCUS LOG JUNE 26 1999 Wind Time Inst Focus Az El #Temp Dir MPH filt FWHM " 20:40 AOTF +100(6484) 245 56 20.8/22.5 260 9 2.2 ? 22:00 AOTF +140(6575) 274 34 20.6/21.2 245 8 2.2 ? 23:50 GrIm2 -250(6788) 56 57 17.3/19.1 284 7 2.2 0.8 01:20 Echelle - 50(6036) 181 36 17.7/17.9 335 9 ND2 1.2 #First temp is air, second temp is telescope. WEATHER JUNE 26 1999 Wind Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Precip. 16:01 76 34 3 301 (WNW) 235 ptly cldy none 17:01 78 33 7 259 (W) 152 ptly cldy none 18:01 76 36 3 245 (WSW) 212 ptly cldy none 19:01 76 39 7 265 (W) 277 ptly cldy none 20:01 69 38 8 239 (WSW) 264 ptly cldy none 21:01 69 34 6 249 (WSW) 289 ptly cldy none 22:01 69 36 8 246 (WSW) 442 ptly cldy none 23:01 66 38 11 236 (SW) 618 ptly cldy none 00:01 63 41 7 270 (W) 1233 ptly cldy none 01:01 63 41 11 290 (WNW) 1257 ptly cldy none 02:01 64 41 5 304 (NW) 812 ptly cldy none 03:01 65 39 5 283 (WNW) 540 ptly cldy none 04:01 64 39 2 338 (NNW) 552 ptly cldy none 05:01 63 39 9 0 (N) 420 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 > 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: 2.55b5. Current guide software version: GIm Ctrlv3.0b27. - Karen Gloria