From: "Noel Camron Hastings" Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20010421 Date: Sun, 22 Apr 2001 04:33:01 -0600 APACHE POINT OBSERVATORY 3.5m Telescope Night Log Saturday, April 21st, 2001 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- R.Walterbos R.Walterbos DIS-Med --:-- --:-- W.Zheng Z.Tsvetenov DIS-Low --:-- --:-- INST SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS DAY NOTUSED I/RO/DN START FINISH D B D B D B USE D B -------------------------------------------------------------------- NM01/R 20:32 01:00 4.4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 JH07/R 01:00 05:32 4.5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: Noel Camron Hastings High dust and wind kept us closed all night. When dust started to abate near twilight, the wind started again to rise above limits along with humidity and then dust followed again... --------------- 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 60 16 42 222 (SW) 4997 clear none 17:01 61 17 23 223 (SW) 10656 clear none 18:01 58 14 25 226 (SW) 22668 clear none 19:01 55 12 13 237 (WSW) 27040 clear none 20:01 52 8 27 226 (SW) 22599 clear none 21:01 50 6 22 215 (SW) 30104 clear none 22:01 49 5 30 205 (SSW) 18645 clear none 23:01 47 7 39 216 (SW) 19689 clear none 00:01 45 9 32 217 (SW) 21349 clear none 01:01 41 10 30 247 (WSW) 12310 clear none 02:01 33 18 15 285 (WNW) 8251 clear none 03:01 30 19 19 289 (WNW) 4486 clear none 04:01 29 19 27 245 (WSW) 3182 clear 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.