From: "Noel Camron Hastings" Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20020112 Date: Sun, 13 Jan 2002 06:16:25 -0700 APACHE POINT OBSERVATORY 3.5m Telescope Night Log Saturday, January 12, 2002 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH ------------------------------------------------------------------- C.Keeton C.Keeton SPIcam 17:17 16:21 INST SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS DAY NOTUSED I/RO/DN START FINISH D B D B D B USE D B -------------------------------------------------------------------- UC03/O 18:14 06:09 0 0 0 0 11.9 0 0 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: N.Camron Hastings Chuck from Chicago was here tonight to begin his training on the telescope and SPIcam. He picked everything up quickly and the astronomy gods sent him a photometric night with good seeing! No problems on startup, all ran smoothly. ------- 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 --------------------------------------------------------------------- 17:50 SPIcam +100(???) 62 79 1.3/2.7 348 10 V 0.85 17:56 NA2 Gdr 260(64999) 62 42 1.4/2.6 352 6 R 0.94 18:55 SPIcam 0(422) -40 75 0.5/1.4 325 9 R 0.89 19:01 NA2 Gdr 178(61176) -41 74 0.6/1.3 345 8 R 0.91 --------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:01 34 9 1 262 (W) 88 clear none 17:01 34 -2 9 344 (NNW) 32 clear none 18:01 34 -4 5 355 (N) 27 clear none 19:01 33 -5 6 5 (N) 24 clear none 20:01 33 -1 5 286 (WNW) 24 clear none 21:01 33 0 11 296 (WNW) 28 clear none 22:01 34 0 8 288 (WNW) 32 clear none 23:01 34 3 9 315 (NW) 38 clear none 00:01 32 3 7 269 (W) 65 ptly cldy none 01:01 33 2 9 273 (W) 54 clear none 02:01 34 8 2 290 (WNW) 63 clear none 03:01 33 9 13 276 (W) 125 clear none 04:01 35 10 15 266 (W) 49 clear none 05:01 34 9 14 271 (W) 55 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.