From: Russet McMillan Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20010605 Date: Wed, 6 Jun 2001 06:08:35 -0600 (MDT) APACHE POINT OBSERVATORY 3.5m Telescope Night Log Tuesday, June 5th, 2001 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH ------------------------------------------------------------------- C.Stubbs R.Wurtz,E.Wishnow, FTS 20:50 05:40 S.Blais-Ouellette INST SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS DAY NOTUSED I/RO/DN START FINISH D B D B D B USE D B -------------------------------------------------------------------- DD03/O 21:12 04:52 0 0 0 0 0 7.7 0 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: Russet McMillan Another successful night. We had clear skies and very good to moderate seeing (0.65-1.4 arcsec) for most of the night. Everything worked well except for one strange guider failure, easily recovered. --------------- INSTRUMENT FOCUS LOG ---------------- Air/Truss Wind Time Instrument Focus Az El Temp-C Dir MPH filt FWHM" ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 21:07 FTS 150(1414) 200 69 15.9/17.6 267 9 none 0.70 21:10 NA2gdr 1589(53639) 202 68 16.0/17.6 267 7 Red 0.70 23:20 FTS 0(1165) 273 66 15.2/15.4 262 4 none 1.07 23:25 NA2gdr -1264(49735) 275 65 15.0/15.3 267 7 none 1.1 ------------- WEATHER CONDITIONS ------------ Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 17:01 66 9 18 295 (WNW) 687 clear none 18:01 66 12 6 258 (WSW) 763 clear none 19:01 65 12 9 299 (WNW) 827 clear none 20:01 62 12 4 276 (W) 817 clear none 21:01 61 11 7 274 (W) 881 clear none 22:01 59 9 9 253 (WSW) 862 clear none 23:01 59 9 6 262 (W) 1019 clear none 00:01 59 9 9 296 (WNW) 906 clear none 01:01 58 9 5 345 (NNW) 921 clear none 02:01 59 10 4 337 (NNW) 1044 clear none 03:01 58 9 2 358 (N) 952 clear none 04:01 59 9 2 347 (NNW) 888 clear none 05:01 57 9 4 356 (N) 881 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 Ctrlv4.1b2. Current TCC version: 2.5.3 Current MC version: v1_7_3.