From: "Noel Camron Hastings" Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20020529 Date: Thu, 30 May 2002 05:21:49 -0600 APACHE POINT OBSERVATORY 3.5m Telescope Night Log Wednesday, May 29, 2002 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH ------------------------------------------------------------------- A.Miceli A.Miceli SPIcam 20:06 01:07 D.York B.McCall Echelle 01:12 05:16 INST SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS DAY NOTUSED I/RO/DN START FINISH D B D B D B USE D B -------------------------------------------------------------------- UW06/R 21:07 01:00 0 0 0 0 2.5 1.4 0 0 0 UC01/R 01:00 04:54 0 0 0 0 0 3.9 0 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: Noel Camron Hastings Opened enclosure and started cooling fans tonight at around 19:00 after a very warm day. No problems at startup, all systems were running smoothly. Seeing was decent and skies clear all night! ------- 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 --------------------------------------------------------------------- 20:51 SPIcam 100(1301) 148 76 19.5/17.9 278 5 r' 0.97 22:55 SPIcam 100(1295) 160 44 17.4/16.8 221 9 r' 0.94 01:15 Echelle 108(377) 181 32 16.8/16.6 265 6 ND2 1.16 --------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:01 71 13 12 303 (WNW) 608 clear none 17:01 72 12 9 260 (W) 637 clear none 18:01 71 12 6 253 (WSW) 654 clear none 19:01 68 13 7 265 (W) 771 clear none 20:01 64 13 6 279 (W) 798 clear none 21:01 62 14 6 273 (W) 867 clear none 22:01 62 13 4 259 (W) 955 clear none 23:01 63 13 6 207 (SSW) 946 clear none 00:01 63 13 5 246 (WSW) 1005 clear none 01:01 62 14 6 258 (WSW) 1267 clear none 02:01 62 14 5 266 (W) 1165 clear none 03:01 61 11 6 274 (W) 1237 clear none 04:01 61 12 10 274 (W) 1027 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: 2.82 Current guide software version: GIm Ctrlv4.1 Current TCC version: 2.6.4