From: "Noel Camron Hastings" Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20010520 Date: Mon, 21 May 2001 05:22:38 -0600 APACHE POINT OBSERVATORY 3.5m Telescope Night Log Sunday, May 20th, 2001 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- D.York P.Palunas, V.Kulkarni GFP 19:10 05:15 INST SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS DAY NOTUSED I/RO/DN START FINISH D B D B D B USE D B -------------------------------------------------------------------- UC01/O 20:58 05:00 0 0 0 0 8.0 0 0 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: Noel Camron Hastings :) We opened under clear skies and warm weather. Cooled dome, instrument ran great all night. The IRSC stalled at 00:49 and multiple attempts to restart it by Sloan and 3.5m failed. --------------- INSTRUMENT FOCUS LOG ---------------- Air/Truss Wind Time Instrument Focus Az El Temp-C Dir MPH filt FWHM" ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 19:50 GFP 100(1350) 238 57 12.0/12.1 263 17 4000A 1.0" 20:05 NA2 Gdr -1426(1346) 240 56 12.0/12.0 263 12 none 1.1" 22:10 GFP 50(1265) 210 64 11.8/11.7 265 10 4000A 1.5" ------------- WEATHER CONDITIONS ------------ Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:01 57 36 22 259 (W) 481 clear none 17:01 56 35 21 293 (WNW) 419 clear none 18:01 58 34 15 289 (WNW) 452 clear none 19:01 57 34 8 272 (W) 506 clear none 20:01 54 34 15 275 (W) 522 clear none 21:01 53 34 14 271 (W) 500 clear none 22:01 53 33 12 266 (W) 484 clear none 23:01 52 36 10 268 (W) 508 clear none 00:01 51 38 7 281 (W) 697 clear none 01:01 51 33 9 328 (NNW) 673 clear none 02:01 53 27 15 317 (NW) 694 clear none 03:01 53 25 12 340 (NNW) 716 clear none 04:01 54 22 20 334 (NNW) 664 clear none 05:01 54 19 8 0 (N) 602 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.