Date: Thu, 5 Jul 2001 06:03:53 -0600 (MDT) From: Jack Dembicky Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20010704 APACHE POINT OBSERVATORY 3.5m Telescope Night Log Wednesday, July 4th, 2001 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH ------------------------------------------------------------------- D.York D.York, T.Oka Echelle 20:10 04:20 04:32 05:05 E.Turner J.Dembicky SPIcam --:-- --:-- INST SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS DAY NOTUSED I/RO/DN START FINISH D B D B D B USE D B -------------------------------------------------------------------- UC06/R 21:19 04:13 0 0 0 0 0 6.9 0 0 0 PU03/O 04:13 04:58 0 0.8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: Jack Dembicky Turned on the enclosure fans at around 16:30 and opened the enclosure at 20:35 under mostly clear skies. We focused the instrument around 20:50 with 1.8 arc sec seeing The MCNode seemed to quit responding to commands at 03:18. See PR2001155 for details. I checked the seeing with SPIcam at 04:25 and it was >1.8 arc sec in r' so I donated the time back to UC06. ---------------- PROBLEM LOG ---------------- Time Problem/Fix PR# ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 03:18 MCNode quit receiving commands (or they got stuck in a 2001155 queue) - typing 'exit' at the MCNode command seemed to dump the queue and send all the built up commands at once. ---------------- FOCUS LOG --------------- Air/Truss Wind Time Instrument Focus Az El Temp-C Dir MPH filt FWHM" ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 20:49 Echelle -185(375) 59 24 14.6/17.7 82 19 clear 1.77 21:05 Echelle -100(369) 160 35 14.6/17.2 84 20 ND2 1.89 21:53 Echelle -72(316) 174 37 13.9/15.7 85 14 ND2 1.92 01:52 Echelle 20(222) 195 48 12.2/12.6 73 15 ND2 1.53 02:37 Echelle 43(211) 214 55 12.9/12.4 80 12 ND2 1.47 --------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:01 66 38 1 143 (SE) 284 Pt. Cldy none 17:01 66 41 6 89 (E) 494 Mst. Clr none 18:01 67 41 15 49 (NE) 489 Mst. Clr none 19:01 63 42 17 71 (ENE) 482 Mst. Clr none 20:01 60 43 18 78 (ENE) 505 Clear none 21:01 58 44 18 78 (ENE) 574 Clear none 22:01 57 45 11 73 (ENE) 618 Clear none 23:01 56 45 15 76 (ENE) 632 Clear none 00:01 56 45 14 66 (ENE) 749 Clear none 01:01 55 45 16 65 (ENE) 790 Clear none 02:01 54 45 15 78 (ENE) 870 Clear none 03:01 55 45 16 86 (E) 945 Clear none 04:01 55 45 13 79 (ENE) 896 Clear none 05:01 53 44 9 69 (ENE) 859 Clear none 06:01 53 44 13 79 (ENE) 873 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. _______________________________________________ apo-staff@mail.apo.nmsu.edu - On-site APO staff and visitors http://mail.apo.nmsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/apo-staff _______________________________________________ apo-staff@mail.apo.nmsu.edu - On-site APO staff and visitors http://mail.apo.nmsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/apo-staff _______________________________________________ apo-staff@mail.apo.nmsu.edu - On-site APO staff and visitors http://mail.apo.nmsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/apo-staff