From: Russet McMillan Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20010509 Date: Thu, 10 May 2001 03:14:38 -0600 (MDT) APACHE POINT OBSERVATORY 3.5m Telescope Night Log Wednesday, May 9th, 2001 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- B.Gillespie R.McMillan --:-- --:-- INST SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS DAY NOTUSED I/RO/DN START FINISH D B D B D B USE D B -------------------------------------------------------------------- EN01/O 20:50 05:09 1.4 1.8 0 0 0 5.1 0 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: Russet McMillan The telescope is still closed for engineering work. More tests of the echelle slitviewer and the new mirror cover automation software. There was rain around sunset and the sky was opaque until about midnight, with widespread thinner clouds after that. --------------- 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 63 25 14 295 (WNW) 1112 cloudy none 17:01 60 27 14 242 (WSW) 946 cloudy none 18:01 51 33 17 34 (NE) 10852 cloudy dust 19:01 46 36 9 25 (NNE) 1049 cloudy rain 20:01 53 27 3 250 (WSW) 1390 cloudy none 21:01 51 30 2 262 (W) 1164 cloudy none 22:01 52 27 7 312 (NW) 1265 cloudy none 23:01 52 27 1 276 (W) 1135 mstly cldy none 00:01 52 28 6 221 (SW) 1223 mstly cldy none 01:01 51 28 5 194 (SSW) 1211 mstly cldy none 02:01 50 30 7 181 (S) 1063 mstly cldy none 03:01 52 28 6 258 (WSW) 1270 mstly 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 Ctrlv3.0b27. Current TCC version: 2.5.1 Current MC version: v1_7_3.