From: Russet McMillan Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20001211 Date: Tue, 12 Dec 2000 05:04:03 -0700 (MST) APACHE POINT OBSERVATORY 3.5m Telescope Night Log Monday, December 11th, 2000 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- B.Gillespie B.Loewenstein Echelle --:-- --:-- J.Dembicky, R.McMillan INST SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS DAY NOTUSED I/RO/DN START FINISH D B D B D B USE D B -------------------------------------------------------------------- EN01/O 17:56 05:59 0 12.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist, 1st Shift: Jack Dembicky Cloud prevented opening for the first half. Observing Specialist, 2nd Shift: Russet McMillan Continuing clouds. --------------- 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 35 5 0 190 (S) 147 Cloudy none 17:01 36 -7 0 345 (NNW) 114 Cloudy none 18:01 37 -7 3 294 (WNW) 119 Cloudy none 19:01 37 -7 5 205 (SSW) 90 Cloudy none 20:01 36 -9 11 202 (SSW) 96 Cloudy none 21:01 36 -8 18 209 (SSW) 80 Cloudy none 22:01 36 -7 16 206 (SSW) 76 Cloudy none 23:01 34 -1 13 189 (S) 118 Cloudy none 00:01 34 0 19 212 (SSW) 100 Cloudy none 01:01 35 -3 19 209 (SSW) 80 Cloudy none 02:01 34 5 14 206 (SSW) 133 Cloudy none 03:01 33 8 11 199 (SSW) 202 Cloudy none 04:01 34 6 15 214 (SW) 107 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 > 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. - Jack Dembicky, Russet McMillan