Date: Sat, 15 Sep 2001 06:00:57 -0600 (MDT) From: John Barentine Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20010914 APACHE POINT OBSERVATORY 3.5m Telescope Night Log Friday, September 14th, 2001 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH ------------------------------------------------------------------- N.Vogt N.Vogt SPICAM --:-- --:-- S.Anderson S.Anderson DIS-low --:-- --:-- INST SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS DAY NOTUSED I/RO/DN START FINISH D B D B D B USE D B -------------------------------------------------------------------- NM01/R 20:04 01:00 4.9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 UW02/R 01:00 05:53 3.5 1.4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialists: J.Dembicky, J.Barentine Weather again prevented all observations tonight. First half was entirely clouded out; clearing occurred late in the second half but high humdity prevented opening. Humidity was high all night coupled with intermittent 1um dust density spikes. ---------------- 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:01 55 53 6 279 (W) 153 Cloudy None 17:01 53 53 0 267 (W) 1091 Cloudy None 18:01 55 52 0 288 (WNW) 174 Cloudy None 19:01 53 51 1 183 (S) 142 Cloudy None 20:01 53 49 6 185 (S) 110 Cloudy None 21:01 52 49 5 200 (SSW) 77 Cloudy None 22:01 52 51 4 190 (S) 16345 Cloudy None 23:01 52 51 3 196 (SSW) 96 Cloudy None 00:01 52 51 2 213 (SSW) 8811 Cloudy None 01:01 51 51 1 245 (WSW) 1217 Cloudy None 02:01 52 52 1 203 (SSW) 869 PtCldy None 03:01 52 52 6 285 (WNW) 12783 Clear None 04:01 51 51 1 301 (WNW) 217 Clear None 05:01 51 50 0 282 (WNW) 221 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: 2.5.5 Current MC version: v1_7_3.