From: Russet McMillan Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20020123 Date: Thu, 24 Jan 2002 05:29:46 -0700 (MST) APACHE POINT OBSERVATORY 3.5m Telescope Night Log Wednesday, January 23rd, 2002 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH ------------------------------------------------------------------- D.York L.Hobbs Echelle --:-- --:-- S.Anderson S.Anderson SPIcam --:-- --:-- INST SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS DAY NOTUSED I/RO/DN START FINISH D B D B D B USE D B -------------------------------------------------------------------- UC01/R 18:24 00:10 0 5.8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 UW01/R 00:10 06:07 3.2 2.7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- 1st Half Observing Specialist: N.C.Hastings Clouds and snow started at 21:30 MST. 2nd Half Observing Specialist: R.McMillan Snow, clouds and high humidity second half. The snow grew lighter after 03:00 and it was hard to tell if the stuff in the air was falling from above or blowing from below, but it wasn't usable weather in any case. ------- 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 36 6 17 246 (WSW) 1530 cloudy none 17:01 32 6 12 269 (W) 1527 cloudy none 18:01 30 6 9 283 (WNW) 800 cloudy none 19:01 29 7 12 303 (WNW) 668 cloudy none 20:01 28 8 16 308 (NW) 508 cloudy none 21:01 28 9 15 302 (WNW) 328 cloudy snow 22:01 26 15 8 323 (NW) 387 cloudy snow 23:01 22 21 3 358 (N) 278 cloudy snow 00:01 23 22 12 210 (SSW) 1309 cloudy snow 01:01 22 21 10 185 (S) 192 cloudy snow 02:01 22 21 0 173 (S) 204 cloudy snow 03:01 20 18 8 87 (E) 316 cloudy snow? 04:01 19 16 7 87 (E) 283 cloudy snow? 05:01 18 15 9 83 (E) 288 cloudy snow? 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.