From: Russet McMillan Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20030524 Date: Sun, 25 May 2003 05:47:07 -0600 (MDT) Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Saturday, May 24, 2003 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- F.Hearty F.Hearty,R.McEntaffer GRIM --:-- --:-- J.Hennawi J.Hennawi,B.Pindor DIS 02:55 05:05 INST SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS DAY NOTUSED I/RO/DN START FINISH D B D B D B USE D B -------------------------------------------------------------------- CU04/R 21:03 01:00 4.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 PU03/R 01:00 04:57 1.9 0 0 0 0.3 1.7 0 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: R.McMillan The night started with heavy clouds, nearby lightning, and a few sprinkles of rain. The clouds didn't let up until after 01:00, and by then the humidity had popped up. We were able to open for the last two hours of the night as the humidity slowly dropped. Not unexpectedly, the seeing was quite poor. ------- 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 --------------------------------------------------------------------- 03:01 dis-slit -200(785) 239 37 9.3/12.3 79 15 - 2.1 03:06 NA2gdr 4525(45525) 240 36 9.4/12.2 86 15 R 2.05 --------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:01 77 36 16 241 (WSW) 1544 cloudy none 17:01 66 33 9 271 (W) 1436 cloudy lt rain 18:01 66 34 17 243 (WSW) 1566 cloudy lt rain 19:01 65 33 9 265 (W) 1659 cloudy none 20:01 57 38 8 88 (E) 1568 cloudy none 21:01 58 36 1 178 (S) 2052 cloudy none 22:01 57 36 11 111 (ESE) 1112 cloudy none 23:01 57 36 4 112 (ESE) 1116 cloudy none 00:01 51 40 29 74 (ENE) 1147 mstly cldy none 01:01 48 44 20 74 (ENE) 1526 ptly cldy none 02:01 48 44 14 77 (ENE) 2295 ptly cldy none 03:01 49 43 14 76 (ENE) 2035 ptly cldy none 04:01 50 41 13 113 (ESE) 1580 mstly clr none 05:01 52 38 16 126 (SE) 1498 mstly clr 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: 2.85b Current guide software version: GIm Ctrlv4.1b4 Current TCC version: 2.6.8 Current TUI version: 0.66