Date: Sat, 7 Jul 2001 05:33:40 -0600 (MDT) From: Jack Dembicky Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20010706 APACHE POINT OBSERVATORY 3.5m Telescope Night Log Friday, July 6th, 2001 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH ------------------------------------------------------------------- C.Gelino C.Gelino GrIm 22:18 00:25 INST SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS DAY NOTUSED I/RO/DN START FINISH D B D B D B USE D B -------------------------------------------------------------------- NM02/R 21:18 04:58 0.1 5.5 0 0.1 0 2.0 0 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: Jack Dembicky I started cooling the enclosure around 19:40, but cloudy skies prevented opening until 22:10 under cirrus skies. Seeing was excellent when I checked focus with measurements in the 0.65-0.70 arc sec range in J. Grim ICC Mac crashed at 22:55, time lost was 6 mins. We closed at 00:25 due to humidity. We also had a dust event at around the same time that lasted until the end of the night. ---------------- PROBLEM LOG ---------------- Time Problem/Fix PR# ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 22:55 Grim ICC Mac crashed - Rebooted ICC Mac ---------------- FOCUS LOG --------------- Air/Truss Wind Time Instrument Focus Az El Temp-C Dir MPH filt FWHM" ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 22:17 GrIm-f/5 -100(1171) 129 70 14.2/15.8 195 11 J 0.71 --------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 18:01 61 48 1 247 (WSW) 1248 Cloudy none 19:01 62 48 6 212 (SSW) 1120 Cloudy none 20:01 60 47 7 182 (S) 1083 Cloudy none 21:01 59 48 9 180 (S) 1023 Cloudy none 22:01 58 49 12 187 (S) 1361 Pt. Cldy none 23:01 57 49 12 202 (SSW) 1645 Cirrus none 00:01 57 49 17 196 (SSW) 1560 Cirrus Humidity 02:01 54 50 12 202 (SSW) 13899 Cirrus Dust 03:01 54 49 11 240 (WSW) 8486 Cirrus Dust 04:01 55 49 7 245 (WSW) 3267 Clear Dust 05:01 56 48 5 282 (WNW) 4678 Clear 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.