Date: Sat, 9 Mar 2002 06:50:17 -0700 (MST) From: Jack Dembicky Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20020308 APACHE POINT OBSERVATORY 3.5m Telescope Night Log Friday, March 8, 2002 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH ------------------------------------------------------------------- D.York D.York, E.Wassell, GFP 20:18 06:27 P.Palunas, V.Kulkarni B.Woodgate INST SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS DAY NOTUSED I/RO/DN START FINISH D B D B D B USE D B -------------------------------------------------------------------- UC02/O 18:59 05:28 1.3 0 0 0 7.8 1.4 0 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: J. Dembicky Dust prevented us from opening until after 20:10 when the levels finally fell enough. E.Wassell on site running the GFP for the first half along (remote) with D.York and others. Everything ran smoothly tonight. ------- 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 --------------------------------------------------------------------- 20:48 GFP+ -100(461) -11 54 -0.1/1.6 267 10 4024 2.6 20:53 NA2gdr -18(63981) -12 53 -0.2/1.4 282 12 R 2.5 21:37 GFP+ 0(-130) -18 52 -0.7/0.3 268 11 4024 2.2 22:07 NA2gdr 54(64054) -21 50 -0.9/-0.3 273 10 R 2.1 23:37 GFP+ 100(509) 133 59 -1.3/-1.3 359 20 4354 2.1 23:48 NA2gdr 322(64322) 138 60 -1.3/-1.5 22 17 none 1.8 03:10 GFP+ 175(579) 161 66 -0.6/-1.1 12 7 4316 1.2 03:21 NA2gdr 1665(65665) 168 67 -0.7/-1.1 80 5 R 1.4 --------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:01 40 16 41 287 (WNW) 7086 Pt. Cldy Dust 17:01 39 15 19 242 (WSW) 8533 Pt. Cldy Dust 18:01 36 16 18 256 (WSW) 6439 Mst. Clr Dust 19:01 33 16 14 222 (SW) 4270 Mst. Clr Dust 20:01 32 17 13 262 (W) 2315 Mst. Clr Dust 21:01 32 18 15 288 (WNW) 629 Clear none 22:01 30 17 11 272 (W) 399 Clear none 23:01 30 15 7 19 (NNE) 351 Clear none 00:01 30 14 10 18 (NNE) 377 Clear none 01:01 30 14 13 358 (N) 282 Clear none 02:01 31 9 15 359 (N) 291 Clear none 03:01 32 -2 7 356 (N) 521 Clear none 04:01 32 -11 12 50 (NE) 571 Clear none 05:01 32 -11 13 2 (N) 618 Clear none 06:01 35 -14 3 323 (NW) 557 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: 2.5.5 Current MC version: v1_7_3 _______________________________________________ apo-staff@mail.apo.nmsu.edu - On-site APO staff and visitors http://mail.apo.nmsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/apo-staff _______________________________________________ apo-staff@mail.apo.nmsu.edu - On-site APO staff and visitors http://mail.apo.nmsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/apo-staff