From: Russet McMillan Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20011001 Date: Tue, 2 Oct 2001 05:43:07 -0600 (MDT) APACHE POINT OBSERVATORY 3.5m Telescope Night Log Monday, October 1st, 2001 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH ------------------------------------------------------------------- P.Szkody P.Szkody DIS-High --:-- --:-- D.Duncan D.Duncan Echelle --:-- --:-- INST SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS DAY NOTUSED I/RO/DN START FINISH D B D B D B USE D B -------------------------------------------------------------------- UW02/R 19:41 01:00 0 5.3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 UC05/R 01:00 06:05 0 5.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- 1st Half Observing Specialist: J. Dembicky Closed due to clouds all 1st half. 2nd Half Observing Specialist: Russet McMillan The rain sensor triggered around midnight, so we closed the cloud camera even though no raindrops were actually perceptible to a human being. Skies remained overcast all night. ---------------- FOCUS LOG --------------- Air/Truss Wind Time Instrument Focus Az El Temp-C Dir MPH filt FWHM ---------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:01 50 30 0 250 (WSW) 497 Cloudy none 17:01 50 29 2 246 (WSW) 425 Cloudy none 18:01 47 28 3 189 (S) 444 Cloudy none 19:01 46 27 0 169 (SSE) 474 Cloudy none 20:01 45 26 2 105 (ESE) 434 Cloudy none 21:01 45 20 6 105 (ESE) 321 Cloudy none 22:01 46 18 10 120 (ESE) 227 Cloudy none 23:01 45 13 8 114 (ESE) 218 Cloudy none 00:01 46 9 11 142 (SE) 299 Cloudy none 01:01 45 24 9 169 (SSE) 251 cloudy none 02:01 45 36 11 179 (S) 236 cloudy none 03:01 44 34 6 189 (S) 273 cloudy none 04:01 44 33 9 208 (SSW) 378 cloudy none 05:01 45 31 4 181 (S) 441 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 Ctrlv4.1b2. Current TCC version: 2.5.5 Current MC version: v1_7_3.