From: "Noel Camron Hastings" Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20020408 Date: Tue, 9 Apr 2002 05:57:29 -0600 APACHE POINT OBSERVATORY 3.5m Telescope Night Log Monday, April 08, 2002 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH ------------------------------------------------------------------- E.Ellingson E.Ellingson DIS-II 18:19 05:52 INST SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS DAY NOTUSED I/RO/DN START FINISH D B D B D B USE D B -------------------------------------------------------------------- UC02/R 20:22 05:48 0 0 0 0 9.1 0.3 0 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: N.C.Hastings I opened the dome at 19:45 to begin cooling after CU finished cals. The sky was clear with some cirrus, temps warm. Seeing was decent and no problems were encountered with startup. Telescope ran smoothly all night. Seeing became very bad in second half and variable with continued cirrus. No other problems encountered though. ------- 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 --------------------------------------------------------------------- 20:04 DISII-Slit 175(874) 67 73 8.5/10.7 298 1 - 1.16 20:06 NA2 Gdr -3614(53384) 66 74 8.4/10.5 333 1 R 0.97 21:07 DISII-Slit 75(715) 39 86 7.4/ 9.5 107 4 - 1.01 --------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:01 49 16 16 359 (N) 893 cirrus none 17:01 50 13 6 344 (NNW) 945 cirrus none 18:01 53 19 0 243 (WSW) 915 cirrus none 19:01 49 15 8 279 (W) 811 cirrus none 20:01 47 18 0 318 (NW) 1108 cirrus none 21:01 46 18 1 117 (ESE) 1158 cirrus none 22:01 44 18 7 191 (S) 1082 cirrus none 23:01 46 18 9 194 (SSW) 1175 cirrus none 00:01 45 20 12 185 (S) 1080 cirrus none 01:01 43 22 10 181 (S) 1101 cirrus none 02:01 40 28 15 138 (SE) 975 cirrus none 03:01 40 28 15 145 (SE) 1337 cirrus none 04:01 39 29 4 139 (SE) 1748 cirrus none 05:01 40 27 9 140 (SE) 1467 cirrus 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: 2.82 Current guide software version: GIm Ctrlv4.1b2 Current TCC version: 2.5.5