From: Russet McMillan Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20010207 Date: Thu, 8 Feb 2001 05:08:08 -0700 (MST) APACHE POINT OBSERVATORY 3.5m Telescope Night Log Wednesday, February 7th, 2001 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- B.Gillespie J.Dembicky, R.McMillan DIS --:-- --:-- INST SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS DAY NOTUSED I/RO/DN START FINISH D B D B D B USE D B -------------------------------------------------------------------- EN01/O 18:37 05:58 0 11.4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist, 1st Shift: Jack Dembicky Clouds, high winds, and high humidity prevented opening. The humidity dropped and winds dropped a bit (below closure limits) after 20:00 but thick clouds (and threat of rain) prevented opening with the enclosure. We also recorded a lightning strike! around 17:55. Observing Specialist, 2nd Shift: Russet McMillan Continued clouds, high winds, and humidity. --------------- 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 39 25 26 209 (SSW) 895 Clouds none 17:01 39 25 30 214 (SW) 1798 Clouds Lt. Rain 18:01 34 31 22 186 (S) 563 Clouds none 19:01 36 29 26 240 (WSW) 1023 Clouds none 20:01 37 31 19 216 (SW) 911 Clouds none 21:01 37 31 16 207 (SSW) 752 Clouds none 22:01 36 30 27 216 (SW) 855 Clouds none 23:01 36 30 24 208 (SSW) 949 Clouds none 00:01 36 28 26 212 (SSW) 742 cloudy none 01:01 34 31 27 197 (SSW) 1836 cloudy none 02:01 35 28 23 225 (SW) 680 cloudy none 03:01 34 31 27 222 (SW) 864 cloudy none 04:01 33 31 21 232 (SW) 1179 cloudy none 05:01 32 28 18 217 (SW) 832 cloudy 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 is 2.4.1 Current MC version: v1_7_3.