From: "Noel Camron Hastings" Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20011125 Date: Mon, 26 Nov 2001 05:01:28 -0700 APACHE POINT OBSERVATORY 3.5m Telescope Night Log Sunday, November 25, 2001 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH ------------------------------------------------------------------- E.Turner C.Hastings SPIcam --:-- --:-- A.West A.West, M.Bentz DIS-High --:-- --:-- D.York T.Oka Echelle --:-- --:-- INST SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS DAY NOTUSED I/RO/DN START FINISH D B D B D B USE D B -------------------------------------------------------------------- PU05/O 17:55 18:40 0 0.8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 UW04/R 18:40 00:00 0 5.3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 UC06/R 00:00 05:47 3.3 2.5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: C.Hastings Early on we had high winds, clouds, dust and high humidity. Slowly the wind, dust and humidity abated some, but the clouds remained. ------------- 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 39 22 30 258 (WSW) 6267 cloudy none 17:01 39 20 20 259 (W) 4021 cloudy none 18:01 38 22 25 267 (W) 3084 cloudy none 19:01 36 25 36 274 (W) 1061 cloudy none 20:01 35 26 24 262 (W) 915 cloudy none 21:01 33 27 22 274 (W) 969 cloudy none 22:01 32 29 18 270 (W) 814 cloudy none 23:01 31 29 22 278 (W) 625 cloudy none 00:01 30 28 24 272 (W) 576 cloudy none 01:01 30 27 24 262 (W) 721 cloudy none 02:01 28 24 18 277 (W) 617 cloudy none 03:01 27 19 18 262 (W) 621 cloudy none 04:01 25 17 17 281 (W) 665 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.