From: "Noel Camron Hastings" Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20001106 Date: Tue, 7 Nov 2000 03:55:38 -0700 APACHE POINT OBSERVATORY 3.5m Telescope Night Log Monday, November 6th, 2000 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT DATE START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- E.Turner R.McMillan SPIcam 11/06 --:-- --:-- S.Anderson S.Anderson DIS-low 11/06 --:-- --:-- S.McCandliss S.McCandliss Echelle 11/07 --:-- --:-- INST SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS DAY NOTUSED I/RO/DN START FINISH D B D B D B USE D B -------------------------------------------------------------------- PU04/O 18:03 18:49 0 0.8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 UW01/R 18:49 00:10 0 5.3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 JH07/R 00:10 05:31 3.5 1.9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist, 1st Shift: Russet McMillan Did not come in today due to weather and road conditions. Observing Specialist, 2nd Shift: Noel Camron Hastings Weather held with blowing snow and high winds. The instruments were checked and filled at 02:30 MST. Dome was pointed to the east. We had power fluctuations starting around 01:00 and at one point the generator kicked on after a 10 second outage, but we remained on utility power until I left. --------------- 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 25 25 17 314 (NW) 22 cloudy snow 17:01 25 24 9 333 (NNW) 236 cloudy snow 18:01 26 25 9 212 (SSW) 131 cloudy snow 19:01 27 26 17 183 (S) 94 cloudy snow 20:01 28 27 16 183 (S) 90 cloudy snow 21:01 29 28 19 200 (SSW) 163 cloudy snow 22:01 29 27 18 151 (SSE) 29 cloudy snow 23:01 28 27 15 170 (S) 45 cloudy snow 00:01 27 26 23 162 (SSE) 14 cloudy snow 01:01 28 27 22 192 (SSW) 6 cloudy snow 02:01 29 28 22 157 (SSE) 6 cloudy snow 03:01 29 28 27 177 (S) 24 cloudy snow 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 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