Date: Sat, 13 Jul 2002 06:12:04 -0600 (MDT) From: Jack Dembicky Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20020712 APACHE POINT OBSERVATORY 3.5m Telescope Night Log Friday, July 12, 2002 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH ------------------------------------------------------------------- S.Hawley K.Covey O.Fraser SPIcam 20:55 01:00 B.Goldman B.Goldman DISII 01:00 05:50 INST SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS DAY NOTUSED I/RO/DN START FINISH D B D B D B USE D B -------------------------------------------------------------------- UW03/R 21:16 01:00 0 0 0 0 2.5 1.2 0 0 0 NM04/R 01:00 05:02 0 0 0 0 4.0 0 0 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: J. Dembicky Started cooling fans around 18:30, opened the enclosure under clearing skies around 20:00. I changed over to DIS at 00:55 and had the 2nd half observer up and running by 01:08. Everything ran smoothly tonight. ------- 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 --------------------------------------------------------------------- 20:38 SPIcam -50(1084) 123 64 15.5/17.8 88 12 r' 0.89 20:49 NA2gdr -22(60977) 128 66 15.2/17.4 76 21 none 0.96 01:13 DISslit 10(922) 144 51 13.4/14/2 19 5 none 1.46 01:18 NA2gdr 3311(57311) 145 51 13.7/14.3 12 7 R 1.30 --------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:01 66 47 4 234 (SW) 736 Mst. Cldy none 17:01 69 43 8 107 (ESE) 615 Mst. Cldy none 18:01 65 42 2 179 (S) 555 Mst. Cldy none 19:01 63 42 12 77 (ENE) 559 Pt. Cldy none 20:01 62 43 10 80 (E) 662 Mst. Clr none 21:01 59 44 22 76 (ENE) 758 Clear none 22:01 58 44 14 75 (ENE) 1038 Clear none 23:01 58 45 14 72 (ENE) 1173 Mst. Clr none 00:01 60 41 2 32 (NNE) 840 Pt. Cldy none 01:01 56 44 3 351 (N) 1242 Mst. Clr none 02:01 56 45 0 242 (WSW) 1464 Mst. Clr none 03:01 59 39 10 54 (NE) 947 Clear none 04:01 58 41 10 11 (N) 940 Clear none 05:01 58 42 12 27 (NNE) 1001 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: 2.80b Current guide software version: GIm Ctrlv4.1b4 Current TCC version: 2.6.5