From: "Noel Camron Hastings" Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20010405 Date: Fri, 6 Apr 2001 04:39:08 -0600 APACHE POINT OBSERVATORY 3.5m Telescope Night Log Thursday, April 5th, 2001 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- B.Gillespie C.Hastings ------ --:-- --:-- INST SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS DAY NOTUSED I/RO/DN START FINISH D B D B D B USE D B -------------------------------------------------------------------- EN01/O 20:21 05:50 0 4.0 0 0 0 5.5 0 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- 1st Half Observing Specialist: Camron Hastings Off sky due to engineering work on telescope. We had a rather large dust event today, which I thinks signals the beginning of spring winds, and with all the clouds tonight, we picked a good time to take things apart! --------------- 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 52 14 19 261 (W) 340 cloudy none 17:01 53 15 17 261 (W) 343 cloudy none 18:01 45 24 12 304 (NW) 8897 cloudy none 19:01 43 27 0 350 (N) 9179 cloudy none 20:01 42 26 2 304 (NW) 5348 cloudy none 21:01 44 24 5 218 (SW) 825 cloudy none 22:01 44 23 9 180 (S) 539 cloudy none 23:01 45 21 8 193 (SSW) 514 cloudy none 00:01 47 18 17 183 (S) 782 cloudy none 01:01 47 19 15 188 (S) 952 cloudy none 02:01 47 19 14 195 (SSW) 828 cloudy none 03:01 46 20 19 195 (SSW) 488 cloudy none 04:01 44 20 21 211 (SSW) 370 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: 2.5.1 Current MC version: v1_7_3.