From: Russet McMillan Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20011123 Date: Sat, 24 Nov 2001 05:03:18 -0700 (MST) APACHE POINT OBSERVATORY 3.5m Telescope Night Log Friday, November 23, 2001 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH ------------------------------------------------------------------- J.Morse J.Morse Echelle --:-- --:-- INST SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS DAY NOTUSED I/RO/DN START FINISH D B D B D B USE D B -------------------------------------------------------------------- CU05/R 17:55 05:45 5.0 6.8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- 1st Half Observing Specialist: C.Hastings Clouds, wind, snow, ice, closed. Dome found to have ice and snow encrusted into all the grooves and surfaces, remained closed despite any other conditions. I left the dome pointing to the south. 2nd Half Observing Specialist: R. McMillan Second half was mostly clear with lighter winds for a few hours, but the telescope remained closed due to ice on the roof. Winds increased again near morning twilight. ------------- FAILURE LOG ------------- PROG/INST FAILURE MODE TIME S/E/G/D/O TI/SHU START FINISH DESCRIPTION -------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------- 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 29 13 28 301 (WNW) 500 cloudy none 17:01 26 12 25 308 (NW) 445 ptly cldy none 18:01 26 9 18 333 (NNW) 271 ptly cldy none 19:01 25 9 16 322 (NW) 249 clear none 20:01 25 8 16 349 (NNW) 117 clear none 21:01 24 10 18 14 (NNE) 145 clear none 22:01 24 9 16 15 (NNE) 108 clear none 23:01 25 6 22 317 (NW) 73 clear none 00:01 25 5 11 332 (NNW) 83 clear none 01:01 24 4 15 345 (NNW) 56 clear none 02:01 24 6 13 352 (N) 107 clear none 03:01 23 6 22 0 (N) 82 mstly clr none 04:01 23 8 16 3 (N) 78 mstly clr none 05:01 23 8 19 359 (N) 72 mstly clr 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.