Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20021105 Date: Wed, 6 Nov 2002 06:46:51 -0700 (MST) From: bketzeba@apo.nmsu.edu (Bill Ketzeback) Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Tuesday, November 5, 2002 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH ------------------------------------------------------------------- D.York D.York GFP 17:40 06:00 INST SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS DAY NOTUSED I/RO/DN START FINISH D B D B D B USE D B -------------------------------------------------------------------- UC04/O 18:04 05:30 0 0 0 0 11.4 0 0 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: W.Ketzeback Skies were clear and humidity low at the start of the night. I was able to open quite early for cooling purposes. Seeing was moderate to good at the start. Seeing was rather poor as we entered the second half of the night. Too poor for Shack Hartmann measurements. Seeing continued to be poor for the remainder of the night. Fluctuating from about 1.5 to 3 arcsec. ------- FAILURE LOG ------- PROG INST FAILURE 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 --------------------------------------------------------------------- 18:14 GFP 50(655) 53 61 2.8/3.4 86 6 4300 1.27 18:17 NA2gdr -5084(58916) 48 63 2.9/3.5 56 13 R 1.37 19:38 GFP -50(509) 0 71 2.2/2.8 336 5 4300 2.01 19:40 NA2gdr -4500(59500) -6 71 2.8/2.7 356 7 R 1.80 21:32 GFP 0(562) -61 57 1.4/1.6 8 9 4300 1.11 21:45 NA2gdr -3511(60489) -66 53 1.7/1.7 12 11 R 0.99 23:00 GFP 50(578) 11 65 1.7/1.8 249 2 4300 1.63 23:09 NA2gdr -3698(60301) 9 65 1.8/1.7 346 9 R 1.21 01:30 GFP 50(624) -59 50 1.8/1.6 33 15 4300 2.01 02:22 GFP 50(625) 168 53 2.8/2.1 36 7 4300 2.00 --------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:01 38 12 6 59 (ENE) 73 Clear None 17:01 38 9 12 54 (NE) 60 Clear None 18:01 38 3 4 93 (E) 73 Clear None 19:01 38 4 4 42 (NE) 61 Clear None 20:01 34 8 5 354 (N) 100 Clear None 21:01 34 5 3 15 (NNE) 74 Clear None 22:01 37 1 7 14 (NNE) 52 Clear None 23:01 36 5 1 286 (WNW) 74 Clear None 00:01 36 9 6 334 (NNW) 77 Clear None 01:01 36 7 14 51 (NE) 62 Clear None 02:01 37 5 9 27 (NNE) 82 Clear None 03:01 37 4 4 8 (N) 65 Clear None 04:01 37 5 9 335 (NNW) 82 Clear None 05:01 37 5 6 356 (N) 85 Clear None 06:01 37 -3 5 204 (SSW) 39 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: 2.82 Current guide software version: GIm Ctrlv4.1b2 Current TCC version: 2.6.7