Date: Wed, 20 Mar 2002 07:06:07 -0700 (MST) From: Jack Dembicky Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20020319 APACHE POINT OBSERVATORY 3.5m Telescope Night Log Tuesday, March 19, 2002 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH ------------------------------------------------------------------- C.Stubbs R.Wurtz,S.Blais-Ouellette FTS 20:10 06:35 E.Wishnow, D.Carr INST SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS DAY NOTUSED I/RO/DN START FINISH D B D B D B USE D B -------------------------------------------------------------------- UW08/O 19:07 05:14 0 1.0 0 0 5.8 3.4 0 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: J.Dembicky Started cooling the enclosure around 17:10 with the exhaust fans. Opened the enclosure around 20:00 after the clouds started to clear out. Everything ran smoothly all night long. ------- 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 --------------------------------------------------------------------- 20:23 FTS -75(192) 250 54 0.8/2.3 15 6 5700 1.26 20:28 NA2gdr 1025(52025) 251 54 0.9/2.2 351 10 R 1.20 --------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:01 35 14 1 122 (ESE) 698 Cloudy none 17:01 37 15 2 319 (NW) 851 Cloudy none 18:01 35 15 3 313 (NW) 945 Cloudy none 19:01 34 15 7 341 (NNW) 913 Cloudy none 20:01 34 15 1 340 (NNW) 899 Mst. Clr none 21:01 33 16 1 295 (WNW) 838 Clear none 22:01 32 17 6 334 (NNW) 853 Clear none 23:01 31 18 3 351 (N) 871 Clear none 00:01 32 18 10 352 (N) 797 Clear none 01:01 32 6 15 16 (NNE) 651 Clear none 02:01 35 -1 11 11 (N) 480 Clear none 03:01 31 6 16 59 (ENE) 665 Clear none 04:01 32 11 18 56 (NE) 773 Clear none 05:01 31 10 19 72 (ENE) 828 Clear none 06:01 31 6 0 251 (WSW) 853 Clear none 07:01 35 5 1 254 (WSW) 754 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: 2.81 Current guide software version: GIm Ctrlv4.1b2 Current TCC version: 2.5.5 Current MC version: tmc