From: Russet McMillan Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20030308 Date: Sun, 9 Mar 2003 06:07:50 -0700 (MST) Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Saturday, March 8, 2003 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH ------------------------------------------------------------------- C.Laws C.Laws Echelle 18:35 05:45 INST SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS DAY NOTUSED I/RO/DN START FINISH D B D B D B USE D B -------------------------------------------------------------------- UW01/R 18:59 05:28 0 0 0 0 6.1 4.4 0 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- 1st Half Observing Specialist: J.Barentine Opened at 16:30 to cool under very light cirrus which rapidly dissipated toward sunset. The half was entirely quiet and routine. 2nd Half Observing Specialist: R.McMillan Second half had some cirrus moving in, but no real hindrance to science. Everything worked perfectly. ------- 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 --------------------------------------------------------------------- 18:43 Echelle -50(-320) 150 64 4.4/5.2 337 4 ND1 0.90 20:50 Echelle -25(-370) 213 70 3.4/3.8 319 10 ND1 0.94 --------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:01 43 6 8 329 (NNW) 144 PtlyCldy none 17:01 42 7 15 325 (NW) 171 PtlyCldy none 18:01 41 7 2 4 (N) 127 PtlyCldy none 19:01 38 8 6 328 (NNW) 140 Clear none 20:01 41 7 9 308 (NW) 175 Clear none 21:01 38 8 7 315 (NW) 150 Clear none 22:01 40 6 9 1 (N) 163 Clear none 23:01 40 6 11 297 (WNW) 162 Clear none 00:01 40 8 6 301 (WNW) 167 Clear none 01:01 40 11 6 302 (WNW) 205 clear none 02:01 40 11 8 280 (W) 205 clear none 03:01 39 11 11 305 (NW) 174 cirrus none 04:01 39 11 6 322 (NW) 174 cirrus none 05:01 39 11 10 316 (NW) 155 cirrus none 06:01 39 9 3 346 (NNW) 169 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