From: Russet McMillan Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20010527 Date: Mon, 28 May 2001 05:32:42 -0600 (MDT) APACHE POINT OBSERVATORY 3.5m Telescope Night Log Sunday, May 27th, 2001 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH ------------------------------------------------------------------- J.Frieman G.Richards DIS-Low 20:40 00:55 L.Homer L.Homer DIS-High 00:58 05:25 INST SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS DAY NOTUSED I/RO/DN START FINISH D B D B D B USE D B -------------------------------------------------------------------- UC02/R 21:06 01:00 0 0 0 0 0.2 3.7 0 0 0 UW07/R 01:00 04:55 0 0 0 0 3.9 0 0 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: Russet McMillan We battled varying cirrus all night, with moderate seeing (0.9-1.5 arcsec). Everything worked perfectly. --------------- INSTRUMENT FOCUS LOG ---------------- Air/Truss Wind Time Instrument Focus Az El Temp-C Dir MPH filt FWHM" ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 20:43 DISslit -50(1383) 73 73 17.7/19.4 267 13 - 1.07 20:45 NA2gdr -412(55587) 73 73 17.6/19.4 265 17 none 1.05 ------------- WEATHER CONDITIONS ------------ Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 17:01 74 21 9 267 (W) 767 cirrus none 18:01 69 20 10 269 (W) 800 cirrus none 19:01 67 20 8 267 (W) 779 cirrus none 20:01 64 20 19 268 (W) 895 mstly clr none 21:01 64 19 15 264 (W) 962 mstly clr none 22:01 64 19 15 269 (W) 1045 cirrus none 23:01 63 21 13 275 (W) 1058 cirrus none 00:01 63 21 14 280 (W) 975 cirrus none 01:01 62 22 10 269 (W) 1043 cirrus none 02:01 60 22 14 276 (W) 1020 cirrus none 03:01 60 21 18 269 (W) 952 ptly cldy none 04:01 60 20 17 276 (W) 852 ptly cldy none 05:01 59 20 13 300 (WNW) 803 ptly cldy 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.