From: Russet McMillan Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20011213 Date: Fri, 14 Dec 2001 04:24:16 -0700 (MST) APACHE POINT OBSERVATORY 3.5m Telescope Night Log Thursday, December 13th, 2001 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH ------------------------------------------------------------------- D.York B.Woodgate GFP --:-- --:-- J.Rhodes INST SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS DAY NOTUSED I/RO/DN START FINISH D B D B D B USE D B -------------------------------------------------------------------- UC03/O 17:56 05:59 12.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: John Barentine, Russet McMillan A lovely clear night, but we couldn't take advantage of it due to continued blowing snow and an unusual formation of ice right over the dome shutters. ------- FAILURE LOG ------- PROG/INST FAILURE 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 18 5 11 69 (ENE) 172 clear none 17:01 17 0 10 20 (NNE) 178 clear none 18:01 19 -4 19 7 (N) 113 clear none 19:01 19 1 6 347 (NNW) 98 clear none 20:01 20 4 15 8 (N) 100 clear none 21:01 20 3 12 7 (N) 95 clear none 22:01 26 0 5 358 (N) 87 clear none 23:01 26 -2 9 359 (N) 91 clear none 00:01 26 -2 18 338 (NNW) 127 clear none 01:01 26 -4 15 353 (N) 83 clear none 02:01 27 -8 18 12 (NNE) 59 clear none 03:01 29 6 13 5 (N) 38 clear none 04:01 31 7 11 350 (N) 187 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.