From: Russet McMillan Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20030525 Date: Mon, 26 May 2003 04:57:20 -0600 (MDT) Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Sunday, May 25, 2003 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- A.Uomoto M.Hendrickson,A.Uomoto DIS --:-- --:-- INST SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS DAY NOTUSED I/RO/DN START FINISH D B D B D B USE D B -------------------------------------------------------------------- JH02/R 21:04 04:57 6.6 1.3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: R.McMillan Before sunset, we were just a few miles on the good side of a very nasty weather front. Just around sunset, the wall of clouds reversed direction and crashed upon APO. And then swirled around for the remainder of the night. Blame Atsuko, who late in the afternoon said loudly to the sky "Heaven forbid!" that they should have to run the Apache Wheel tonight. And Heaven complied. ------- 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 --------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:01 69 24 16 216 (SW) 956 ptly cldy none 17:01 68 20 16 245 (WSW) 797 ptly cldy none 18:01 62 18 22 278 (W) 908 ptly cldy none 19:01 62 18 8 271 (W) 1123 mstly cldy none 20:01 58 15 8 262 (W) 1352 cloudy none 21:01 57 9 9 277 (W) 1964 cloudy none 22:01 50 34 19 82 (E) 968 cloudy none 23:01 47 35 12 68 (ENE) 881 cloudy none 00:01 52 27 5 268 (W) 2460 cloudy none 01:01 52 30 2 202 (SSW) 1858 cloudy none 02:01 52 28 6 186 (S) 2203 cloudy none 03:01 51 30 12 150 (SSE) 1764 cloudy none 04:01 52 29 0 261 (W) 1508 cloudy 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