From: Russet McMillan Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20020426 Date: Sat, 27 Apr 2002 05:21:04 -0600 (MDT) APACHE POINT OBSERVATORY 3.5m Telescope Night Log Friday, April 26, 2002 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH ------------------------------------------------------------------- J.Holtzman J.Holtzman Echelle --:-- --:-- A.Miceli G.Miknaitis SPIcam --:-- --:-- INST SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS DAY NOTUSED I/RO/DN START FINISH D B D B D B USE D B -------------------------------------------------------------------- NM06/R 20:38 01:00 0 4.4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 UW06/R 01:00 05:23 0 4.4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: R.McMillan Overcast at sunset, high winds most of the night, high dust all night. We got some work done on the DIS red collimation and red electronics, and tested the newest TCC version. ------- 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 --------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:01 60 28 39 214 (SW) 3866 cloudy none? 17:01 56 29 30 207 (SSW) 5334 cloudy rain? 18:01 54 30 30 215 (SW) 2817 cloudy none 19:01 52 32 45 207 (SSW) 5662 cloudy none 20:01 53 28 32 215 (SW) 25537 cloudy dust 21:01 52 25 32 235 (SW) 25194 mstly cldy dust 22:01 49 21 31 251 (WSW) 14410 mstly cldy dust 23:01 47 17 23 250 (WSW) 38586 mstly cldy dust 00:01 45 12 35 247 (WSW) 35873 ptly cldy dust 01:01 41 6 34 275 (W) 11635 mstly clr dust 02:01 37 8 16 267 (W) 5634 mstly clr none 03:01 34 14 24 262 (W) 4152 mstly clr none 04:01 33 13 13 265 (W) 5027 mstly clr none 05:01 32 12 19 310 (NW) 19776 mstly clr 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: 2.82 Current guide software version: GIm Ctrlv4.1b2 Current TCC version: 2.6.3