Date: Never From: No one Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20021128 Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Thursday, November 28, 2002 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH ------------------------------------------------------------------- G.Wolf-Chase GRIM --:-- --:-- J.Helmboldt SPIcam --:-- --:-- INST SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS DAY NOTUSED I/RO/DN START FINISH D B D B D B USE D B -------------------------------------------------------------------- UC06/R 17:54 00:00 0 0 6.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 NM03/R 00:00 05:49 0 0 1.4 4.4 0 0 0 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- The telescope was shut down for emergency repairs to the azimuth motors. This night was apparently unusable anyway, with clouds first half and high humidity/dust second half. Weather info from the SDSS log: Wind Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust DIMM Sky 20:45Z 40 15 7 157 (SSE) 327 - 21:17Z 39 21 0 188 (S) 443 - 21:49Z 40 12 5 136 (SE) 288 - 22:22Z 39 15 0 101 (E) 360 - 22:54Z 37 14 9 141 (SE) 263 - 23:35Z 35 7 10 138 (SE) 222 - 00:07Z 33 11 14 135 (SE) 219 - 00:39Z 35 7 17 144 (SE) 180 - 01:11Z 36 4 15 137 (SE) 81 - 01:43Z 35 8 14 130 (SE) 137 - 02:16Z 36 5 13 167 (SSE) 104 - 02:48Z 34 6 2 225 (SW) 124 - 03:20Z 32 15 10 181 (S) 310 - 03:52Z 33 17 16 176 (S) 341 - 04:29Z 34 24 11 180 (S) 332 - 05:01Z 33 27 15 162 (SSE) 384 - 05:33Z 33 26 6 158 (SSE) 286 - 06:05Z 34 30 14 165 (SSE) 195 - 06:38Z 35 31 18 182 (S) 169 - 07:18Z 35 31 12 192 (SSW) 20310 - 07:50Z 35 35 14 189 (S) 15183 - 08:26Z 35 35 12 206 (SSW) 6041 - 09:03Z 35 36 15 205 (SSW) 10879 - 09:35Z 36 36 14 211 (SSW) 5672 - 10:07Z 35 35 9 212 (SSW) 812 - 10:40Z 35 35 10 213 (SSW) 7781 - ------- FAILURE LOG ------- PROG INST FAILURE MODE TIME (SEGDFVO) TI/SHU START FINISH DESCRIPTION ----------------------------------------------------------------------- UC06 G T/H 17:54 00:00 az motor repairs NM03 S T/H 00:00 05:49 az motor repairs ---------------- 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------ 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: 2.82 Current guide software version: GIm Ctrlv4.1b2 Current TCC version: 2.6.8