From: "Noel Camron Hastings" Subject: 3.5m Night Log 2002-5-10 Date: Sat, 11 May 2002 05:26:23 -0600 APACHE POINT OBSERVATORY 3.5m Telescope Night Log Friday, May 10, 2002 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH ------------------------------------------------------------------- D.York V.Kulkarni,P.Palunas GFP 20:04 05:07 D.York INST SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS DAY NOTUSED I/RO/DN START FINISH D B D B D B USE D B -------------------------------------------------------------------- UC02/R 20:51 05:08 0.5 0 0 0 7.8 0 0 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: Noel Camron Hastings The weather remained difficult with lots of high cirrus. All systems started up fine and things ran smoothly all night. We did lose some obs time to clouds randomly throughout first half, but second half seemed a bit more clear. ------- 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 --------------------------------------------------------------------- 20:56 GFP 275(1391) 223 63 14.9/15.3 220 18 4050A 1.3 22:30 GFP 150(1228) 199 65 14.3/14.5 258 12 4353A 1.1 --------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:01 68 12 21 196 (SSW) 2428 cirrus none 17:01 67 1 25 221 (SW) 1449 cirrus none 18:01 66 1 20 205 (SSW) 1182 cirrus none 19:01 62 2 16 216 (SW) 2076 cirrus none 20:01 58 1 14 246 (WSW) 2654 cirrus none 21:01 59 0 15 215 (SW) 1897 cirrus none 22:01 58 2 15 251 (WSW) 1393 cirrus none 23:01 58 2 14 218 (SW) 1355 cirrus none 00:01 56 4 16 265 (W) 1287 cirrus none 01:01 55 5 17 266 (W) 1303 cirrus none 02:01 54 6 20 255 (WSW) 1275 cirrus none 03:01 52 9 17 263 (W) 1453 cirrus none 04:01 51 9 16 260 (W) 1515 cirrus none 05:01 51 8 13 268 (W) 1887 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: 2.6.3