Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20001021
Date: Sun, 22 Oct 100 07:04:50 -0600 (MDT)
From: bergeron@apo.nmsu.edu (Eddie Bergeron)
                       APACHE POINT OBSERVATORY
                       3.5m Telescope Night Log
                     Saturday, October 21st, 2000
                                                          ACTUAL
 ASTRONOMER     OBSERVER(S)        INSTRUMENT   DATE   START  FINISH
 --------------------------------------------------------------------
 B.Woodgate     B.Woodgate         Fabry-Perot  10/21  --:--  --:--
                P.Palunas
 R.Wyse         R.Wyse             GrIm II      10/22  --:--  --:--
 INST        SCHEDULED     WEATH     EQUIP      OBS    DAY   NOTUSED
I/RO/DN    START FINISH   D    B    D    B    D    B   USE   D    B
DD01/R     19:17  00:58  5.7   -    0    -   0.0   -   0.0  0.0   -
JH05/R     01:23  06:19  0.8  4.1   0   0.0  0.0  0.0  0.0  0.0  0.0
 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time
                ------------- ACTIVITY LOG --------------
 Observing Specialist, 1st Shift: N. Camron Hastings & Jack Dembicky
   Arrived on site early to repair a few problems that occurred during the
 previous night and the current day. Eddie Bergeron mentioned an air leak near
 one of the TR ports last night. I found a broken air line near an eyelid
 pneumatic piston which I repaired. In addition, the Fabry-Perot team used a
 heat gun during the day, but use of the gun somehow caused a UPS power
 failure. I switched the heat gun to line power rather than UPS power and then
 tried to track down the UPS failure. In the end, I switched UPS power to the
 spare UPS and that seemed return functionality to all necessary power points.
 Problem reports submitted.
   Did not open due to rain/hail/fog etc..... Worked on training the new
 observer, Jack, as much as was possible without any stars to look at.  Had
 network problems starting around 21:00 MDT. Craig was notified and is looking
 into it.
 Observing Specialist, 2nd Shift: Eddie Bergeron
   Continued fog and drizzle all evening. Did not open.
        --------------- INSTRUMENT FOCUS LOG ----------------
                                      Air/Truss   Wind
 Time  Instrument   Focus     Az  El   #Temp-C   Dir MPH  filt   FWHM
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             ------------- WEATHER CONDITIONS ------------
                               Wind                          Precip.or
      Time   Temp F Dewp F  MPH  Direction    Dust    Sky    Conditions
     ------------------------------------------------------------------
     16:01                  8   245  (WSW)     47    cloudy     rain
     17:01    38    37      6   263  (W)      179    cloudy   rain/hail
     18:01    39    36      5   268  (W)      147    cloudy   rain/ice
     19:01    39    36      8   268  (W)      223    cloudy     rain
     20:01    38    37      7   214  (SW)     268    cloudy     mist
     21:01    38    38      8   216  (SW)     346    cloudy     none
     22:01    38    39     11   221  (SW)      49     fog       none
     23:01    39    39      8   186  (S)      134     fog       none
     00:01    37    37     10   243  (WSW)    212     fog     drizzle
     01:01    37    37     11   200  (SSW)    207     fog       none
     02:01    38    38     17   202  (SSW)     76     fog     drizzle
     03:01    38    39     16   195  (SSW)    262     fog     drizzle
     04:01    38    38      9   188  (S)      177     fog       none
     05:01    37    37     11   187  (S)      423    cloudy     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: 2.62.
Current guide software version: GIm Ctrlv3.0b27. Current TCC version
is 2.4.0 Current MC version: v1_7_3.
- Noel Camron Hastings, Jack Dembicky & Eddie Bergeron