From: "Noel Camron Hastings" Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20020308 Date: Thu, 9 May 2002 05:33:11 -0600 APACHE POINT OBSERVATORY 3.5m Telescope Night Log Wednesday, May 8, 2002 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH ------------------------------------------------------------------- P.Szkody P.Szkody DIS II 19:56 05:40 INST SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS DAY NOTUSED I/RO/DN START FINISH D B D B D B USE D B -------------------------------------------------------------------- UW03/R 20:49 05:10 0 0 0 0 8.1 0.3 0 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: Noel Camron Hastings John Barentine was nice enough to complete the setup for me since I have a sprained ankle today. Paula Szkody logged in around 19:45 MDT to begin cals and we opened at 20:10 MDT to begin cooling. The sky was clear and winds moderate. All system ran smoothly with no problems tonight. The seeing improved as the night went on and we had very consistent sub-arcsecond. (0.8"-0.9") ------- 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 --------------------------------------------------------------------- 20:20 DIS Slit -50(813) 72 55 11.4/13.1 261 15 - 1.41" 20:36 NA2 Gdr -2603(54394) 72 55 11.4/13.0 263 20 R 1.36" --------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:01 59 4 12 272 (W) 1820 clear none 17:01 59 4 24 267 (W) 2879 clear none 18:01 58 6 19 251 (WSW) 1894 clear none 19:01 56 6 24 255 (WSW) 1708 clear none 20:01 52 6 20 248 (WSW) 1898 clear none 21:01 52 7 16 271 (W) 1762 clear none 22:01 51 8 18 271 (W) 1806 clear none 23:01 51 8 17 267 (W) 1790 clear none 00:01 50 7 11 274 (W) 1746 clear none 01:01 50 7 19 283 (WNW) 1821 clear none 02:01 50 6 17 267 (W) 1761 clear none 03:01 49 7 16 286 (WNW) 1723 clear none 04:01 48 6 15 290 (WNW) 1563 clear none 05:01 48 6 17 297 (WNW) 1511 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 Ctrlv4.1b2 Current TCC version: 2.6.3