Date: Wed, 4 Sep 2002 07:17:23 -0600 (MDT) From: Jack Dembicky Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20020903 Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Tuesday, September 3, 2002 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH ------------------------------------------------------------------- S.Hawley S.Hawley, J.Allred DISII 19:40 20:05 21:50 22:50 00:25 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 20:20 05:45 3.1 0 0 0 4.2 2.1 0 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: J.Dembicky I had completed checkout by 18:45 and had turned the cooling fans on about 45 mins prior. UW03 was using tonights time from a swap of UW05 and JH01. We finally opened around 20:50 and closed about an hour later when clouds once again moved in. We opened again, under partly cloudy skies around 00:25. ------- 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 --------------------------------------------------------------------- 21:52 DISslit -30(889) 90 63 13.6/15.5 112 16 none 1.00 00:30 DISslit 20(902) 157 50 12.7/13.5 99 9 none 1.08 --------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:01 63 40 13 124 (SE) 462 Mst. Cldy none 17:01 63 43 7 194 (SSW) 493 Mst. Cldy none 18:01 62 40 7 102 (ESE) 461 Mst. Cldy none 19:01 60 40 10 112 (ESE) 490 Mst. Cldy none 20:01 59 39 11 107 (ESE) 477 Mst. Cldy Sprinkles 21:01 58 39 13 110 (ESE) 579 Mst. Cldy none 22:01 57 40 16 111 (ESE) 559 Pt. Cldy none 23:01 56 42 12 113 (ESE) 658 Mst. Cldy none 00:01 56 43 11 88 (E) 739 Pt. Cldy none 01:01 54 43 10 107 (ESE) 708 Pt. Cldy none 02:01 54 43 7 102 (ESE) 710 Clear none 03:01 54 43 9 86 (E) 732 Clear none 04:01 54 43 9 88 (E) 754 Clear none 05:01 53 43 7 90 (E) 721 Pt. Cldy none 06:01 53 43 10 107 (ESE) 670 Pt. Cldy 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: 2.6.5