From: "Noel Camron Hastings" Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20011209 Date: Mon, 10 Dec 2001 06:32:11 -0700 APACHE POINT OBSERVATORY 3.5m Telescope Night Log Sunday, December 9th, 2001 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH ------------------------------------------------------------------- R.Walterbos R.Walterbos DIS-High 16:19 23:08 P.Szkody P.Szkody DIS-High 00:00 06:16 INST SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS DAY NOTUSED I/RO/DN START FINISH D B D B D B USE D B -------------------------------------------------------------------- NM02/O 17:55 00:00 0 0 0 0 6.1 0 0 0 0 UW02/R 00:00 05:57 0 0 0 0 2.5 3.5 0 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: Camron Hastings We started the night with cals and test images until 17:00, when we then opened for cooling. No problems encountered in startup. Seeing was much better than last night along with clear skies! Cirrus moved in around midnight. Seeing remained decent. ------- 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 --------------------------------------------------------------------- 17:45 DIS Slit 0(-351) 83 58 0.1/+1.6 180 6 none 0.97 17:48 NA2 Gdr -1400(55575) 84 58 0.1/+1.5 181 5 clear 0.88 --------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:01 36 1 7 181 (S) 170 clear none 17:01 33 -23 5 189 (S) 189 clear none 18:01 30 -25 5 184 (S) 165 clear none 19:01 31 -30 9 176 (S) 180 clear none 20:01 30 -30 9 174 (S) 181 clear none 21:01 29 -31 9 172 (S) 142 clear none 22:01 32 -34 12 180 (S) 124 clear none 23:01 32 -35 13 178 (S) 86 clear none 00:01 31 -36 14 162 (SSE) 82 cirrus none 01:01 30 -36 16 180 (S) 86 cirrus none 02:01 31 -34 19 185 (S) 77 cirrus none 03:01 32 -33 19 181 (S) 76 cirrus none 04:01 33 -34 22 191 (S) 75 cirrus none 05:01 33 -33 22 178 (S) 92 cirrus none 06:01 33 -33 21 186 (S) 107 mstly cldy 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.