From: Russet McMillan Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20010223 Date: Sat, 24 Feb 2001 05:55:27 -0700 (MST) APACHE POINT OBSERVATORY 3.5m Telescope Night Log Friday, February 23rd, 2001 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- D.York B.Woodgate,P.Palunas, GFP --:-- --:-- J.Rhodes,V.Kulkarni D.York INST SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS DAY NOTUSED I/RO/DN START FINISH D B D B D B USE D B -------------------------------------------------------------------- UC01/O 18:49 05:43 10.9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist, 1st Shift: Noel Camron Hastings The cloud cover did not allow us to open tonight. The GFP team worked on mechanical and software items. Observing Specialist, 2nd Shift: Russet McMillan Snow, fog, and high winds. --------------- INSTRUMENT FOCUS LOG ---------------- Air/Truss Wind Time Instrument Focus Az El Temp-C Dir MPH filt FWHM" --------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------- WEATHER CONDITIONS ------------ Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:01 38 9 23 239 (WSW) 791 Cloudy none 17:01 36 16 21 256 (WSW) 5826 Cloudy none 18:01 35 13 23 257 (WSW) 6263 Cloudy none 19:01 34 14 26 250 (WSW) 4882 Cloudy none 20:01 33 11 25 263 (W) 3244 Cloudy none 21:01 29 16 18 280 (W) 2244 Cloudy none 22:01 27 19 13 267 (W) 1702 Cloudy snow 23:01 24 21 20 274 (W) 1916 cloudy snow 00:01 23 20 18 273 (W) 928 cloudy snow 01:01 20 17 32 273 (W) 986 cloudy snow 02:01 20 18 25 258 (WSW) 829 cloudy none? 03:01 18 17 22 271 (W) 745 cloudy none? 04:01 17 17 23 279 (W) 83 cloudy snow 05:01 17 16 17 281 (W) 140 cloudy fog, snow 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.