From: Russet McMillan Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20010526 Date: Sun, 27 May 2001 05:42:58 -0600 (MDT) APACHE POINT OBSERVATORY 3.5m Telescope Night Log Saturday, May 26th, 2001 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH ------------------------------------------------------------------- J.Frieman G.Richards DIS-Low 20:40 00:45 L.Homer L.Homer DIS-High 00:50 05:15 INST SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS DAY NOTUSED I/RO/DN START FINISH D B D B D B USE D B -------------------------------------------------------------------- UC02/R 21:05 01:00 0 0 0 0 1.1 2.8 0 0 0 UW07/R 01:00 04:56 0 0 0 0 3.9 0 0 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: Russet McMillan Mostly clear skies first half, widespread thin clouds second half, good to moderate seeing (0.8-1.4 arcsec), everything worked well. Very boring. --------------- INSTRUMENT FOCUS LOG ---------------- Air/Truss Wind Time Instrument Focus Az El Temp-C Dir MPH filt FWHM" ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 20:32 DISslit 0(1498) 74 70 17.9/20.7 241 16 - 1.15 20:41 NA2gdr 1000(57000) 73 72 17.8/20.3 256 11 none 1.09 00:59 DISslit 0(1311) 173 66 15.9/16.4 270 9 - 0.96 ------------- WEATHER CONDITIONS ------------ Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 17:01 72 16 19 276 (W) 512 mstly clr none 18:01 71 17 11 325 (NW) 563 mstly clr none 19:01 68 18 12 265 (W) 667 mstly clr none 20:01 63 18 9 263 (W) 822 mstly clr none 21:01 64 13 10 260 (W) 814 mstly clr none 22:01 63 14 14 266 (W) 919 mstly clr none 23:01 62 14 9 273 (W) 968 cirrus none 00:01 62 15 15 266 (W) 844 mstly clr none 01:01 60 15 10 300 (WNW) 882 cirrus none 02:01 60 16 13 295 (WNW) 825 cirrus none 03:01 60 17 10 10 (N) 990 cirrus none 04:01 59 20 11 355 (N) 1086 cirrus none 05:01 59 21 17 30 (NNE) 841 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 Ctrlv4.1b2. Current TCC version: 2.5.2 Current MC version: v1_7_3.