From: Russet McMillan Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20001123 Date: Fri, 24 Nov 2000 06:05:21 -0700 (MST) APACHE POINT OBSERVATORY 3.5m Telescope Night Log Thursday, November 23rd, 2000 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- D.Bowen D.Bowen,R.Kim DIS-high --:-- --:-- C.Stubbs A.Rest,G.Miknaitis SPIcam --:-- --:-- INST SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS DAY NOTUSED I/RO/DN START FINISH D B D B D B USE D B -------------------------------------------------------------------- PU03/R 17:55 23:38 6.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 UW05/R 00:10 05:44 5.1 0.5 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: Noel Camron Hastings Due to high winds, snow on the enclosure and blowing snow from the trees, we remained closed with the snow program running. The observers that were on site did enjoy a rather remarkable Thanksgiving feast! Observing Specialist, 2nd Shift: Russet McMillan Yum! --------------- INSTRUMENT FOCUS LOG ---------------- Air/Truss Wind Time Instrument Focus Az El #Temp-C Dir MPH filt FWHM" --------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------- WEATHER CONDITIONS ------------ Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:01 23 21 11 355 (N) 387 Ptly Cldy none 17:01 24 19 12 1 (N) 370 clear none 18:01 23 21 19 5 (N) 321 clear none 19:01 23 20 17 359 (N) 224 clear none 20:01 23 19 24 355 (N) 186 clear none 21:01 24 18 28 36 (NE) 278 clear none 22:01 23 17 27 37 (NE) 285 clear none 23:01 23 15 7 76 (ENE) 301 clear none 00:01 23 13 17 36 (NE) 283 clear none 01:01 24 13 27 35 (NE) 360 clear none 02:01 23 10 18 53 (NE) 300 clear none 03:01 25 7 21 30 (NNE) 318 clear none 04:01 24 8 18 34 (NE) 194 clear none 05:01 25 8 20 28 (NNE) 297 clear none 06:01 27 7 18 13 (NNE) 244 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 > 1u per 0.1 cubic feet. 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 2.4.1 Current MC version: v1_7_3. - Noel Camron Hastings, Russet McMillan