From: Russet McMillan Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20010607 Date: Fri, 8 Jun 2001 04:14:35 -0600 (MDT) APACHE POINT OBSERVATORY 3.5m Telescope Night Log Thursday, June 7th, 2001 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH ------------------------------------------------------------------- G.Miknaitis G.Miknaitis,C.Stubbs SPIcam --:-- --:-- N.Lehnert J.Smoker,C.Trundle Echelle --:-- --:-- E.Turner R.McMillan SPIcam --:-- --:-- INST SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS DAY NOTUSED I/RO/DN START FINISH D B D B D B USE D B -------------------------------------------------------------------- UW10/R 21:13 01:00 0.7 3.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 JH06/O 01:00 04:22 0 3.4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 PU05/O 04:22 04:52 0 0.5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: Russet McMillan Clouds kept us closed all night following an afternoon thunderstorm. Another storm came within a few miles of the site at 00:30, causing high winds and humidity and lightning alerts, but no rain fell. --------------- 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------ 18:01 59 33 10 216 (SW) 429 cloudy none 19:01 59 33 16 152 (SSE) 498 cloudy none 20:01 58 34 19 163 (SSE) 388 cloudy none 21:01 58 38 14 113 (ESE) 707 cloudy none 22:01 59 44 18 88 (E) 1123 cloudy none 23:01 58 44 23 79 (ENE) 1023 cloudy none 00:01 57 46 20 83 (E) 1115 cloudy none 01:01 49 47 26 70 (ENE) 943 cloudy none 02:01 51 43 26 71 (ENE) 1206 cloudy none 03:01 51 39 35 74 (ENE) 836 cloudy none 04:01 50 39 31 68 (ENE) 688 cloudy 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.