From: Russet McMillan Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20020101 Date: Wed, 2 Jan 2002 06:13:44 -0700 (MST) APACHE POINT OBSERVATORY 3.5m Telescope Night Log Tuesday, January 1st, 2002 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH ------------------------------------------------------------------- W.Zheng K.Chiu GRIM --:-- --:-- INST SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS DAY NOTUSED I/RO/DN START FINISH D B D B D B USE D B -------------------------------------------------------------------- JH01/R 18:06 06:08 1.7 10.3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- 2nd Half Observing Specialist: Russet McMillan The dome was covered in ice and snow and could not be opened, but the weather was not usable in any case. Despite a period of clear skies after midnight, the humidity was high for most of the night, with some freezing fog. The only dip in humidity coincided with returning clouds, which brought some very light snowfall. ------- FAILURE LOG ------- PROG/INST FAILURE MODE TIME S/E/G/D/O TI/SHU START FINISH DESCRIPTION -------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------- 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 20 20 7 317 (NW) 693 17:01 20 19 0 231 (SW) 764 18:01 20 19 8 8 (N) 1769 19:01 21 19 16 358 (N) 32 20:01 20 19 15 24 (NNE) 53 21:01 20 19 10 317 (NW) 63 22:01 20 18 18 339 (NNW) 53 cloudy fog 23:01 19 17 13 6 (N) 37 mstly cldy none 00:01 19 17 17 30 (NNE) 73 mstly clr none 01:01 18 17 17 23 (NNE) 72 mstly clr none 02:01 18 16 16 25 (NNE) 81 mstly clr none 03:01 18 16 15 38 (NE) 61 mstly cldy lt. snow 04:01 18 17 11 27 (NNE) 40 cloudy lt. snow 05:01 19 17 14 19 (NNE) 29 cloudy lt. snow 06:01 18 17 4 5 (N) 3504 cloudy fog 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.