From: "Noel Camron Hastings" Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20010217 Date: Sun, 18 Feb 2001 15:19:37 -0700 APACHE POINT OBSERVATORY 3.5m Telescope Night Log Saturday, February 17th, 2001 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- J.Holtzman J.Holtzman, B.Goldman DIS-Med 17:00 22:50 INST SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS DAY NOTUSED I/RO/DN START FINISH D B D B D B USE D B -------------------------------------------------------------------- NM02/O 18:44 05:49 4.9 2.1 0 0 4.1 0 0 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist, 1st Shift: Jack Dembicky Turned 0n enclosure fans/opened louvers at 17:45, opened enclosure at 18:00 under partly cloudy skies which persisted for the whole of the 1st half. I closed the enclosure due to clouds at 23:15. Jon was installing slitmasks this afternoon while I was checking out the instruments out. I turned DIS over to him for taking his cals early (17:00). Observing Specialist, 2nd Shift: Noel Camron Hastings The clouds thickened up when I arrived enough that we closed at 23:20 MST and remained so for the rest of the evening. --------------- INSTRUMENT FOCUS LOG ---------------- Air/Truss Wind Time Instrument Focus Az El Temp-C Dir MPH filt FWHM" --------------------------------------------------------------------- 18:15 DIS-Slit 120(833) 115 66 4.0/4.8 176 6 none 1.86" 20:41 DIS-Slit -80(582) 54 56 2.9/3.4 178 9 none 1.44" 20:58 NA2gdr -2290(54759) 53 59 2.9/3.1 169 9 red 1.30" ------------- WEATHER CONDITIONS ------------ Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:01 37 21 0 73 (ENE) 1546 Cirrus none 17:01 41 -1 6 181 (S) 251 Cirrus none 18:01 38 -8 8 172 (S) 254 Cirrus none 19:01 38 -8 7 178 (S) 213 Cirrus none 20:01 38 -8 10 183 (S) 211 Cirrus none 21:01 37 -5 10 182 (S) 209 Cirrus none 22:01 36 2 10 169 (SSE) 319 Cirrus none 23:01 36 4 13 154 (SSE) 658 Clouds none 00:01 37 4 6 152 (SSE) 615 Clouds none 01:01 35 6 5 176 (S) 645 Clouds none 02:01 35 11 9 178 (S) 553 Clouds none 03:01 37 8 10 184 (S) 475 Clouds none 04:01 36 10 8 188 (S) 470 Clouds 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 Ctrlv3.0b27. Current TCC version: 2.5.0b2 Current MC version: v1_7_3.