From: Russet McMillan Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20020111 Date: Sat, 12 Jan 2002 06:35:41 -0700 (MST) APACHE POINT OBSERVATORY 3.5m Telescope Night Log Friday, January 11, 2002 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH ------------------------------------------------------------------- B.Pindor B.Pindor DIS-Low 17:15 06:05 INST SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS DAY NOTUSED I/RO/DN START FINISH D B D B D B USE D B -------------------------------------------------------------------- PU01/R 18:14 06:09 0 0 0 0 11.9 0 0 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- 1st Half Observing Specialist: N.Camron Hastings High humidity threatened near sunset. Other than that, no problems encountered, smooth startup. 2nd Half Observing Specialist: R.McMillan Second half had clear and apparently photometric skies, but poor seeing (1.5-4 arcsec). Everything worked perfectly. ------- 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 --------------------------------------------------------------------- 18:02 DIS Slit -30(351) 224 42 -1.1/+0.8 44 10 none 1.29 18:06 NA2 Gdr 260(57258) 225 42 -1.1/+0.8 17 2 R 1.31 20:32 DIS Slit -100(131) 204 56 -1.3/-1.1 45 19 none 2.02 20:35 NA2 Gdr -1944(55055) 205 56 -1.2/-1.2 57 16 R 1.91 --------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:01 33 24 0 187 (S) 224 clear none 17:01 29 24 2 262 (W) 230 clear none 18:01 30 22 12 52 (NE) 109 clear none 19:01 30 20 14 41 (NE) 127 clear none 20:01 31 11 22 53 (NE) 87 clear none 21:01 32 1 13 65 (ENE) 45 clear none 22:01 33 -3 22 58 (ENE) 27 clear none 23:01 32 -5 19 63 (ENE) 21 clear none 00:01 32 -6 3 86 (E) 16 clear none 01:01 32 -7 8 67 (ENE) 13 clear none 02:01 33 -8 1 143 (SE) 19 clear none 03:01 34 -8 2 35 (NE) 16 clear none 04:01 32 -7 0 108 (ESE) 16 clear none 05:01 31 -5 15 78 (ENE) 17 clear none 06:01 30 -6 19 76 (ENE) 20 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.