Date: Tue, 17 Jul 2001 04:18:10 -0600 (MDT) From: Jack Dembicky Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20010716 APACHE POINT OBSERVATORY 3.5m Telescope Night Log Monday, July 16th, 2001 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH ------------------------------------------------------------------- S.Raymond S.Raymond DIS-high --:-- --:-- INST SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS DAY NOTUSED I/RO/DN START FINISH D B D B D B USE D B -------------------------------------------------------------------- UW05/R 21:13 05:06 5.8 2.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: Jack Dembicky Did not open due to threatening weather at sunset. Dust event at 22:00. Rain at 23:30. Rain finally quit sometime around 2:30 but the dust levels never dropped low enough to allow us to open tonight. ---------------- PROBLEM LOG ---------------- Time Problem/Fix PR# ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------- FOCUS LOG --------------- Air/Truss Wind Time Instrument Focus Az El Temp-C Dir MPH filt FWHM" ---------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 18:01 73 41 1 220 (SW) 829 Clouds none 19:01 68 44 5 195 (SSW) 1174 Clouds none 20:01 63 46 17 115 (ESE) 1949 Clouds none 21:01 63 41 16 119 (ESE) 885 Clouds none 22:01 64 38 16 139 (SE) 393 Clouds dust 23:01 59 47 11 186 (S) 46348 Clouds lt. rain 00:01 58 46 7 263 (W) 29612 Clouds lt. rain 01:01 54 48 9 264 (W) 15153 Clouds lt. rain 02:01 54 48 11 309 (NW) 18589 Clouds lt. rain 03:01 55 47 3 33 (NNE) 10099 Clouds 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: 2.5.4 Current MC version: v1_7_3.