From: "Noel Camron Hastings" Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20010915 Date: Sun, 16 Sep 2001 05:13:25 -0600 APACHE POINT OBSERVATORY 3.5m Telescope Night Log Saturday, September 15th, 2001 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH ------------------------------------------------------------------- N.Vogt N.Vogt,C.Hastings SPIcam/DIS 00:45 01:45 J.Barentine 02:22 04:50 INST SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS DAY NOTUSED I/RO/DN START FINISH D B D B D B USE D B -------------------------------------------------------------------- NM01/R 20:03 05:54 6.2 0.2 0 0 3.5 0 0 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialists: N.C.Hastings, J.Barentine Clouds, rain, lightning, until about midnight. Things cleared up and we opened at 00:45 MDT. The guider data plots are still not working on our IDL displays, email sent to Craig regarding this. Clouds moved in again about an hour later and we closed. It appeared that we were in a series of holes and ended up opening again very soon. It remained partly cloudy most of the night. Due to the conditions and needs of the science program, we decided to close for the night at 04:50 MDT under partly cloudy skies and rising humidity. ---------------- FOCUS LOG --------------- Air/Truss Wind Time Instrument Focus Az El Temp-C Dir MPH filt FWHM" ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 01:04 SPIcam 25(908) 63 47 12.5/12.7 130 10 6650 0.99" 01:09 NA2 Gdr 3198( ) 63 48 12.3/12.6 141 8 clear 1.37" 02:37 SPIcam 50(860) 63 67 12.4/12.5 189 5 6650 0.85" 02:43 NA2 Gdr 2067(62067) 62 65 12.1/12.4 196 5 clear 1.03" --------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:01 58 50 6 89 (E) 144 cloudy none 17:01 55 50 8 80 (E) 297 cloudy none 18:01 55 51 3 77 (ENE) 254 cloudy none 19:01 53 51 9 78 (ENE) 318 cloudy rain 20:01 53 45 14 48 (NE) 109 cloudy rain 21:01 49 45 20 73 (ENE) 212 cloudy none 22:01 51 44 11 77 (ENE) 133 ptly cldy none 23:01 52 43 10 79 (ENE) 114 ptly cldy none 00:01 55 40 1 231 (SW) 51 ptly cldy none 01:01 55 40 3 150 (SSE) 64 ptly cldy none 02:01 54 40 5 200 (SSW) 66 ptly cldy none 03:01 52 42 0 104 (ESE) 93 ptly cldy none 04:01 53 42 7 185 (S) 83 ptly cldy none 05:01 51 42 7 216 (SW) 74 ptly cldy 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.