From: "Noel Camron Hastings" Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20010130 Addendum Date: Wed, 31 Jan 2001 11:09:50 -0700 I forgot to send Jack my half of the night log. Here it is with my comments and weather info. For second half, see his log. We will combine the two and make corrections later: [The two logs have now been combined -- RM] APACHE POINT OBSERVATORY 3.5m Telescope Night Log Tuesday, January 30th, 2001 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- S.Hawley G.Richards,D.Johnston DIS-Low 18:10 18:30 D.Bowen D.Bowen, R.Kim DIS-High INST SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS DAY NOTUSED I/RO/DN START FINISH D B D B D B USE D B -------------------------------------------------------------------- UC03/R 18:30 00:10 0.9 4.8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 PU03/R 00:10 06:03 0 0 0 0 ?.? ?.? 0 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist, 1st Shift: Noel Camron Hastings Snow and ice was removed by day staff and with the sun and heaters, we were safe to open this evening. I opened at 17:08 MST this evening to begin cooling. As soon as we started focus clouds moved in though. We had to close again, right after a focus attempt, at 18:30 MST. It began to snow lightly at around 21:00 MST. Observing Specialist, 2nd Shift: Jack Dembicky --------------- INSTRUMENT FOCUS LOG ---------------- Air/Truss Wind Time Instrument Focus Az El Temp-C Dir MPH filt FWHM" --------------------------------------------------------------------- 18:15 DIS Slit +000(350) 127 58 -6.1/-4.0 257 06 none 1.39" ------------- WEATHER CONDITIONS ------------ Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:01 27 19 7 283 (WNW) 342 clear none 17:01 24 15 5 275 (W) 350 clear none 18:01 20 15 5 268 (W) 484 ptly cldy none 19:01 21 16 10 216 (SW) 633 mstly cldy none 20:01 20 17 14 224 (SW) 689 cloudy none 21:01 20 17 17 232 (SW) 552 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 > 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, Jack Dembicky