From: "N.C. Hastings" Subject: 3.5m Night Log 990630 Date: Thu, 1 Jul 1999 05:14:12 -0600 Apache Point Observatory, Sunspot, NM Wednesday, June 30th, 1999 3.5-meter Night Observing Log Actual ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT DATE START FINISH ---------------------------------------------------------------------- UWGRB A.Diercks GrIm II 6/30-31 20:30 00:10 A.Diercks A.Diercks GrIm II 6/31 00:10 01:10 D.Leeber D.Leeber GrIm II 6/31 01:10 04:45 Observation Time Breakdown ---------------------------------------------------------------------- INST SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS DAY NOTUSED I/RS/DN START FINISH D B D B D B USE D B ---------------------------------------------------------------------- DD01/R 21:57 00:10 - 0 - 0 - 2.2 0 - 0 UW01/R 00:10 01:10 - 0 - 0 - 1.0 0 - 0 NM05/R 01:10 04:17 - 0 - 0 - 3.1 0 - 0 -------------- Activity Log -------------- Observing Specialist: N.C.Hastings The telescope was opened at 17:30 under photometric skies. There were no problems to report and all observing went very smoothly... There was an addendum to last nights issues with the glycol leak in the guider system. Today I found more leaks and the level is at 50%. I cleaned the mirror again, which this time had liquid glycol still on them. When I cleaned one mirror surface some aluminum came off. John Davis knows about this and will look in to it. I placed a 'coolant diaper' on the air separator block to absorb any further dripping tonight. FOCUS LOG June 30th 1999 Best Telescope Temp Wind Seeing Time Instrmnt Focus Az El Air/Truss Dir MPH filter FWHM" --------------------------------------------------------------------- 20:40 GrIm II -075(7125) 240 59 21.9/23.2 239 08 f/5-K 1.51" 20:55 Guider -091(7121) 242 57 21.6/23.1 186 10 R+ND2 1.03" 21:05 GrIm II -150(7047) 246 55 21.3/22.8 212 09 f/5-J 0.78" WEATHER LOG June 30th 1999 Wind Time Temp-F Dewp-F MPH Direction Dust Sky Precip ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:01 78 31 10 259 (W) 597 Photometric None 17:01 79 31 9 272 (W) 655 Photometric None 18:01 80 37 15 280 (W) 655 Photometric None 19:01 77 34 8 268 (W) 609 Photometric None 20:01 73 29 7 266 (W) 688 Photometric None 21:01 71 27 13 216 (SW) 790 Photometric None 22:01 71 29 14 209 (SSW) 823 Photometric None 23:01 70 30 15 222 (SW) 909 Photometric None 00:01 70 29 7 236 (SW) 887 Photometric None 01:01 69 30 2 215 (SW) 844 Photometric None 02:01 69 29 9 241 (WSW) 779 Photometric None 03:01 69 30 2 256 (WSW) 798 Photometric None 04:01 70 30 6 258 (WSW) 876 Photometric 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: 2.5.5b5 Current guide software version: GIm Ctrl v3.0b27 - NCH