From: "Noel Camron Hastings" Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20010112 Date: Sat, 13 Jan 2001 04:04:04 -0700 APACHE POINT OBSERVATORY 3.5m Telescope Night Log Friday, January 12th, 2001 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- D.York D.York Echelle 17:30 18:45 D.Stephens D.Stephens Grim --:-- --:-- INST SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS DAY NOTUSED I/RO/DN START FINISH D B D B D B USE D B -------------------------------------------------------------------- UC04/R 18:15 00:10 1.3 3.3 0 0 1.3 0 0 0 0 NM01/O 00:10 06:09 0 6.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist, 1st Shift: Jack Dembicky Cooling fans turned on and Louvers opened at 16:00. Opened enclosure at 17:15 and turned the instrument over to the 1st observer at 17:30. Focused the Echelle at 17:40 with 1.66 arc sec seeing. Clouds moved in at 18:45 with high wind and snow starting around 20:50. Observing Specialist, 2nd Shift: Noel Camron Hastings Fog and snow when I arrived. Dome stayed closed due to humidity, snow, fog, and high winds. --------------- INSTRUMENT FOCUS LOG ---------------- Air/Truss Wind Time Instrument Focus Az El Temp-C Dir MPH filt FWHM" --------------------------------------------------------------------- 17:40 Echelle -65 (-267) 80 57 1.1/3.9 181 19 clear 1.66 ------------- WEATHER CONDITIONS ------------ Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:01 38 19 26 208 (SSW) 245 Clear none 17:01 35 20 18 189 (S) 299 Clear none 18:01 34 20 20 205 (SSW) 344 Clear none 19:01 34 21 27 191 (S) 382 Clouds none 20:01 32 22 23 198 (SSW) 430 Clouds lt.snow 21:01 25 25 20 261 (W) 864 Clouds lt.snow 22:01 22 21 20 286 (WNW) 20 Clouds snow 23:01 21 20 10 269 (W) 47 Clouds fog 00:01 20 18 23 260 (W) 108 Clouds fog 01:01 20 18 25 260 (W) 35 Clouds fog 02:01 20 17 15 262 (W) 1 Clouds snow 03:01 19 17 21 294 (WNW) 41 Clouds fog 04:01 18 16 8 287 (WNW) 56 Clouds fog/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 > 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, Camron Hastings