From: Russet McMillan Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20020209 Date: Sun, 10 Feb 2002 05:52:46 -0700 (MST) APACHE POINT OBSERVATORY 3.5m Telescope Night Log Saturday, February 9th, 2002 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH ------------------------------------------------------------------- B.Pindor B.Pindor DIS-low 17:30 20:50 INST SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS DAY NOTUSED I/RO/DN START FINISH D B D B D B USE D B -------------------------------------------------------------------- PU01/R 18:38 05:57 9.1 0 0 0 2.2 0 0 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- 1st Half Observing Specialist: J. Dembicky, J. Barentine Started cooling fans around 16:00, opened the enclosure after the observer finished DIS cals at 18:05. The wind picked up around 8:10 and closed us around 08:50 when it started gusting over 45MPH. 2nd Half Observing Specialist: Russet McMillan Wind gusts never dropped below the limit during second half. ------- 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 --------------------------------------------------------------------- 18:20 DISslit -15(44) 31 65 -6.6/-4.7 43 20 none 1.37 18:24 NA2gdr -529(56470) 31 65 -6.6/-4.7 43 20 R 1.37 19:36 DISSlit 0(137) -109 27 -6.6/-6.6 86 18 none 3.04 19:40 NA2gdr -952(56047)-109 27 -6.6/-6.6 86 18 R 3.07 --------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:01 22 -2 7 29 (NNE) 163 Clear none 17:01 22 -4 10 47 (NE) 163 Clear none 18:01 21 -4 15 47 (NE) 129 Clear none 19:01 20 -4 22 42 (NE) 108 Clear none 20:01 20 -4 26 76 (ENE) 187 Clear none 21:01 18 -2 32 74 (ENE) 265 Clear none 22:01 15 5 38 61 (ENE) 1127 Clear none 23:01 15 4 37 53 (NE) 1247 Clear none 00:01 14 4 32 67 (ENE) 1184 clear none 01:01 13 5 38 68 (ENE) 1229 clear none 02:01 12 5 30 68 (ENE) 1485 clear none 03:01 12 -1 28 67 (ENE) 1193 clear none 04:01 11 2 28 66 (ENE) 1176 clear none 05:01 13 1 34 62 (ENE) 833 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: 2.80b. Current guide software version: GIm Ctrlv4.1b2. Current TCC version: 2.6.1 Current MC version: v1_7_3.