Date: Sun, 24 Jun 2001 04:39:48 -0600 (MDT) From: Jack Dembicky Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20010623 APACHE POINT OBSERVATORY 3.5m Telescope Night Log Saturday, June 23th, 2001 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH ------------------------------------------------------------------- P.Szkody P.Szkody DIS-high --:-- --:-- A.Rest G.Miknaitis SPIcam --:-- --:-- INST SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS DAY NOTUSED I/RO/DN START FINISH D B D B D B USE D B -------------------------------------------------------------------- UW03/R 21:19 01:00 2.3 1.4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 UW11/R 01:00 04:53 3.9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: Jack Dembicky Clouds prevented opening during first half until around Midnight. Although I did manage to focus (which was difficult with clouds dimming my focus star), by the time I had finished the clouds were too thick again to get any useful science. I closed the enclosure again at 01:00 when I went up to change instruments. We never opened again for the remainder of the night due to clouds and then clouds and a dust event at 03:00 that lasted the remainder of the night. ----------------- PROBLEM LOG ---------------- Time Problem/Fix PR# ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------- INSTRUMENT LOG --------------- Air/Truss Wind Time Instrument Focus Az El Temp-C Dir MPH filt FWHM" ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 00:07 DISslit -200(1043) 210 61 14.0/16.9 88 8 none 1.17 00:20 NA2gdr -443(55556) 216 60 14.6/16.8 129 10 none 1.24 --------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 17:01 75 35 8 258 (WSW) 721 Pt. Cldy none 18:01 74 33 5 260 (W) 707 Pt. Cldy none 19:01 71 37 6 216 (SW) 843 Pt. Cldy none 20:01 63 38 10 135 (SE) 958 Mst. Cldy none 21:01 62 38 8 22 (NNE) 893 Mst. Cldy none 22:01 63 36 12 305 (NW) 806 Mst. Cldy none 23:01 58 40 14 71 (ENE) 872 Mst. Cldy none 00:01 57 40 8 89 (E) 878 Mst. Cldy none 01:01 58 40 12 130 (SE) 1034 Mst. Cldy none 02:01 60 39 14 137 (SE) 1099 Cloudy none 03:01 61 38 4 177 (S) 2962 Cloudy dust 04:01 60 39 2 259 (W) 4743 Clooudy dust 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: 2.5.3 Current MC version: v1_7_3.