Date: Mon, 2 Apr 2001 07:04:21 -0600 (MDT) From: Jack Dembicky Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20010401 APACHE POINT OBSERVATORY 3.5m Telescope Night Log Sunday, April 1st, 2001 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- S.Anderson S.Anderson DIS-low 18:50 00:55 S.Hawley N.Silvestri DIS-high 00:55 06:30 INST SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS DAY NOTUSED I/RO/DN START FINISH D B D B D B USE D B -------------------------------------------------------------------- UW01/R 20:18 01:10 0 0 0 0 0 4.7 0 0 0 UW02/R 01:10 05:56 0 0 0 0 2.8 2.1 0 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- 1st & 2nd Half Observing Specialist: Jack Dembicky Turned on enclosure fans at 17:30. Louvers opened at 19:25. Opened enclosure at 19:30. Scattered cirrus clouds at sunset which increased an hour afterwards. Seeing was variable and ranged from 1.1 - 1.8 arc sec for most of the night. Focus was intermittently checked during the night and adjusted if necessary. Most of the night it was fairly stable. Everything ran smoothly tonight. --------------- INSTRUMENT FOCUS LOG ---------------- Air/Truss Wind Time Instrument Focus Az El Temp-C Dir MPH filt FWHM" ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 19:55 DIS-slit 0(1056) 60 53 9.7/11.6 268 21 none 1.24 19:58 NA2gdr 2326(59376) 60 53 9.7/11.6 251 16 red 1.14 23:42 DIS-slit 0(854) 111 72 8.2/8.4 273 13 none 1.29 ------------- WEATHER CONDITIONS ------------ Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:02 59 20 32 254 (WSW) 532 lt. cirrus none 17:02 56 18 29 268 (W) 571 lt. cirrus none 18:02 53 18 21 246 (WSW) 572 lt. cirrus none 19:02 52 16 27 252 (WSW) 389 cirrus none 20:02 49 15 17 250 (WSW) 412 cirrus none 21:02 49 14 19 271 (W) 442 cirrus none 22:02 48 17 13 271 (W) 581 cirrus none 23:02 48 18 16 273 (W) 572 cirrus none 00:02 47 18 18 272 (W) 586 cirrus none 01:02 46 20 15 275 (W) 684 cirrus none 02:02 46 23 15 255 (WSW) 841 cirrus none 03:02 45 24 21 271 (W) 960 cirrus none 04:02 43 25 15 275 (W) 1016 cirrus none 05:02 42 25 19 269 (W) 1153 cirrus none 06:02 41 27 15 285 (WNW) 1385 cirrus 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: 2.5.1 Current MC version: v1_7_3.