Date: Fri, 14 Mar 2003 05:47:02 -0700 (MST) From: Jack Dembicky Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20030313 Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Thursday, March 13, 2003 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH ------------------------------------------------------------------- C.Laws C.Laws Echelle 18:15 05:15 INST SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS DAY NOTUSED I/RO/DN START FINISH D B D B D B USE D B -------------------------------------------------------------------- UW01/R 19:03 05:22 0 0 0 0 1.4 8.9 0 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- 1st Half Observing Specialist: W.Ketzeback Observer fought with clouds all of first half but there were not threatening enough to force a closure. 2nd Half Observing Specialist: J.Dembicky Everything ran smoothly with lots of data collected. ------- FAILURE LOG ------- PROG INST FAILURE MODE TIME (SEGDFVO) TI/SHU START FINISH DESCRIPTION ----------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------- FOCUS LOG --------------- Air/Truss Wind Time Instrument Focus Az El Temp-C Dir MPH filt FWHM --------------------------------------------------------------------- 19:04 Echelle -131(-179) -83 44 8.1/8.9 155 15 clear 1.5 22:07 Echelle 40(-124) 150 51 7.1/6.9 132 19 nd1 1.28 --------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:01 53 15 17 155 (SSE) 460 mstly cldy none 17:01 51 16 14 150 (SSE) 623 mstly cldy none 18:01 48 17 9 174 (S) 772 mstly cldy none 19:01 47 17 13 149 (SSE) 800 mstly cldy none 20:01 46 17 18 148 (SSE) 846 mstly cldy none 21:01 45 20 20 134 (SE) 777 mstly cldy none 22:01 45 20 21 131 (SE) 791 mstly cldy none 23:01 44 20 19 133 (SE) 749 prtly cldy none 00:01 44 21 14 130 (SE) 843 Lt. Cirrus none 01:01 44 20 16 143 (SE) 1030 Lt. Cirrus none 02:01 43 20 16 144 (SE) 972 Lt. Cirrus none 03:01 42 22 16 141 (SE) 933 Lt. Cirrus none 04:01 42 23 19 154 (SSE) 998 Lt. Cirrus none 05:01 42 26 17 148 (SSE) 988 Lt. 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: 2.6.8