From: "Noel Camron Hastings" Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20011127 Date: Wed, 28 Nov 2001 04:14:38 -0700 APACHE POINT OBSERVATORY 3.5m Telescope Night Log Tuesday, November 27th, 2001 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH ------------------------------------------------------------------- P.Szkody P.Szkody DIS-high --:-- --:-- D.York D.York Echelle --:-- --:-- INST SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS DAY NOTUSED I/RO/DN START FINISH D B D B D B USE D B -------------------------------------------------------------------- UW02/R 17:54 00:00 0 6.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 UC06/R 00:00 05:48 1.4 4.4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- 1st Half Observing Specialist: Jack Dembicky Clouds, high humidity, snow and blowing snow for all of the first half tonight. I ran the snow program to help keep snow off the enclosure but it was too cold for the roof heaters. 2nd Half Observing Specialist: Camron Hastings Clouds, high humidity and blowing snow all night. I ran snow program until I left, dome is pointing to the south. ------------- FAILURE LOG ------------- PROG/INST FAILURE MODE TIME S/E/G/D/O TI/SHU START FINISH DESCRIPTION -------------------------------------------------------------------- **** no failures during observing time **** ---------------- 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 16 15 199 (SSW) 682 Mst. Cldy none 17:01 25 14 9 178 (S) 867 Pt. Cldy none 18:01 14 10 11 87 (E) 332 Mst. Cldy none 19:01 11 8 18 72 (ENE) 344 Cloudy lt. snow 20:01 11 8 13 90 (E) 258 Cloudy lt. snow 21:01 11 7 12 89 (E) 404 Cloudy lt. snow 22:01 10 6 22 73 (ENE) 152 Cloudy lt. snow 23:01 8 5 26 74 (ENE) 87 Pt. Cldy lt. snow 00:01 9 6 18 90 (E) 146 Cloudy lt. snow 01:01 8 4 19 90 (E) 106 Cloudy lt. snow 02:01 8 3 21 75 (ENE) 75 Cloudy lt. snow 03:01 7 2 23 84 (E) 68 Cloudy none 04:01 6 2 21 77 (ENE) 86 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.