Date: Sun, 10 Mar 2002 06:13:25 -0700 (MST) From: Jack Dembicky Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20020309 APACHE POINT OBSERVATORY 3.5m Telescope Night Log Saturday, March 9, 2002 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH ------------------------------------------------------------------- D.York V.Kulkarni, D.York, GFP 20:00 00:00 P.Palunas, V.Kulkarni INST SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS DAY NOTUSED I/RO/DN START FINISH D B D B D B USE D B -------------------------------------------------------------------- UC02/R 19:00 05:27 5.7 0.7 0 0 4.0 0 0 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: J. Dembicky Dust prevented us from opening until after 19:55 when the levels finally fell enough. Dust and clouds stopped us around midnight and things didn't improve for the rest of the night. ------- 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 --------------------------------------------------------------------- 20:25 GFP 200(888) 205 57 3.6/4.8 184 6 4353 0.91 20:33 NA2gdr 1274(65274) 205 57 3.6/4.8 184 6 R 1.00 21:53 GFP -50(522) 144 65 1.5/3.1 176 8 4353 1.39 22:11 NA2gdr -3103(60896) 155 67 2.4/2.8 143 9 Clear 1.28 --------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:01 44 4 9 249 (WSW) 622 Clear none 17:01 41 5 7 236 (SW) 2362 Clear none 18:01 37 3 0 144 (SE) 4148 Clear Dust 19:01 36 0 6 72 (ENE) 3356 Clear Dust 20:01 39 -11 1 193 (SSW) 313 Clear none 21:01 37 -12 5 169 (SSE) 604 Lt. Cirrus none 22:01 36 -9 7 171 (S) 1271 Lt. Cirrus none 23:01 36 -9 4 170 (S) 1106 Lt. Cirrus none 00:01 38 -5 6 189 (S) 524 Cirrus none 01:01 34 8 6 177 (S) 1792 Cirrus Dust 02:01 34 14 8 166 (SSE) 2802 Cirrus Dust 03:01 37 14 9 185 (S) 1459 Cirrus Dust 04:01 37 16 8 178 (S) 1626 Cirrus Dust 05:01 37 16 5 169 (SSE) 1636 Cirrus Dust 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 _______________________________________________ apo-staff@mail.apo.nmsu.edu - On-site APO staff and visitors http://mail.apo.nmsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/apo-staff