From: "Camron Hastings" Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20000816 Date: Thu, 17 Aug 2000 03:59:39 -0600 APACHE POINT OBSERVATORY 3.5m Telescope Night Log Wednesday, Aug 16th, 2000 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT DATE START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- B.Gillespie C.Hastings S-H, NA2Gdr 8/16 --:-- --:-- P.Doherty Fast Guider J.Davis, J.Morgan INST SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS DAY NOTUSED I/RO/DN START FINISH D B D B D B USE D B -------------------------------------------------------------------- EN01/O 20:43 05:32 0.3 8.5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist, 1st & 2nd Shift: Noel Camron Hastings Fast moving clouds, high winds and unstable conditions kept us closed first half. Second half saw high humidity, high winds and some rain. I worked on Operator's Manual and throughput measurement reductions. No sky time tonight. --------------- INSTRUMENT FOCUS LOG ---------------- Air/Truss Wind Time Instrument Focus Az El #Temp-C Dir MPH filt FWHM" --------------------------------------------------------------------- None ------------- WEATHER CONDITIONS ------------ Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:01 66 43 9 89 (E) 246 cloudy none 17:01 65 43 19 126 (SE) 323 cloudy none 18:01 63 46 24 130 (SE) 419 cloudy none 19:01 60 45 17 147 (SSE) 460 cloudy none 20:01 57 45 21 120 (ESE) 473 cloudy none 21:01 56 42 20 112 (ESE) 342 cloudy none 22:01 55 39 16 94 (E) 205 cloudy none 23:01 53 42 23 131 (SE) 281 cloudy none 00:01 52 49 24 122 (ESE) 548 cloudy none 01:01 52 49 18 123 (ESE) 407 cloudy none 02:01 51 48 20 132 (SE) 64 cloudy dripping 03:01 50 50 14 132 (SE) 97 fog rain? 04:01 50 50 10 112 (ESE) 274 fog rain? 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 2.4.0b1 Current MC version: v1_7_3. -- Noel Camron Hastings