From: "Noel Camron Hastings" Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20011104 Date: Mon, 5 Nov 2001 05:36:16 -0700 APACHE POINT OBSERVATORY 3.5m Telescope Night Log Sunday, November 4th, 2001 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH ------------------------------------------------------------------- L.Hobbs L.Hobbs Echelle --:-- --:-- N.Chanover N.Chanover,C.Anderson, GRIM f/5 04:28 05:21 T.Temma INST SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS DAY NOTUSED I/RO/DN START FINISH D B D B D B USE D B -------------------------------------------------------------------- UC04/R 18:04 00:00 1.9 4.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 NM01/R 00:00 05:30 0 4.6 0 0 0 0.9 0 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- 1st Half Observing Specialist: Russet McMillan Alternating thick clouds and high humidity kept us closed for first half. 2nd Half Observing Specialist: Noel Camron Hastings Clouds and high humidity all night, then suddenly right before twilight the humidity decided to drop. We were able to open and acquire about 30 mins worth of data before clouds moved in again.... ---------------- FOCUS LOG --------------- Air/Truss Wind Time Instrument Focus Az El Temp-C Dir MPH filt FWHM ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 04:32 GrIm (f/5) 60(495) 260 47 4.5/4.8 126 20 1.58 1.08" --------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:01 47 35 8 99 (E) 372 mstly cldy none 17:01 45 37 12 89 (E) 433 mstly cldy none 18:01 43 38 13 82 (E) 541 mstly cldy none 19:01 42 38 14 81 (E) 533 mstly cldy none 20:01 42 37 12 107 (ESE) 491 ptly cldy none 21:01 41 37 17 111 (ESE) 491 mstly cldy none 22:01 41 38 10 87 (E) 505 mstly cldy none 23:01 41 37 7 106 (ESE) 463 cloudy none 00:01 41 37 10 111 (ESE) 504 cloudy none 01:01 39 37 10 107 (ESE) 477 cloudy none 02:01 38 37 7 86 (E) 541 cloudy none 03:01 38 35 6 105 (ESE) 535 ptly cldy none 04:01 40 31 11 110 (ESE) 422 clear none 05:01 40 30 18 128 (SE) 415 clear 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.