Date: Mon, 30 Jun 2003 05:15:56 -0600 (MDT) From: Jack Dembicky Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20030629 Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Sunday, June 29, 2003 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- A.Nitta A.Nitta, J.Krzesinski SPIcam 20:00 22:30 W.Zheng W.Zheng SPIcam --:-- --:-- INST SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS DAY NOTUSED I/RO/DN START FINISH D B D B D B USE D B -------------------------------------------------------------------- NM05/O 21:19 01:00 2.5 0 0 0 1.2 0 0 0 0 JH01/R 01:00 04:54 3.9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: J. Dembicky I started cooling the enclosure around 19:15 and opened around 20:10 under partly cloudy skies. A dust event occured around 22:30 which closed us down and then the humidity went thru the roof. High humidity conditions prevailed for the remainder of the night. ------- 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 --------------------------------------------------------------------- 21:25 SPIcam -150(1009) 89 60 14.0/15.0 85 11 B 1.61 21:33 NA2gdr 1507(50507) 90 62 14.0/15.0 98 7 R 1.52 22:30 SPIcam -50(1021) 101 74 11.9/13.4 67 26 clear 2.33 --------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 17:01 66 30 11 69 (ENE) 333 Pt. Cldy none 18:01 65 34 7 82 (E) 361 Pt. Cldy none 19:01 62 36 13 74 (ENE) 578 Pt. Cldy none 20:01 60 37 17 66 (ENE) 572 Pt. Cldy none 21:01 57 38 13 76 (ENE) 812 Pt. Cldy none 22:01 57 37 20 73 (ENE) 876 Mst. Clear none 23:01 51 42 30 66 (ENE) 5045 Mst. Clear dust 00:01 49 46 27 74 (ENE) 4134 Ptc. Fog dust 01:01 49 47 11 79 (ENE) 2321 Ptc. Fog humid 02:01 48 47 22 80 (E) 863 Ptc. Fog humid 03:01 48 47 20 72 (ENE) 562 Ptc. Fog humid 04:01 47 47 19 68 (ENE) 614 Ptc. Fog humid 05:01 47 45 9 86 (E) 718 Ptc. Fog humid 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: 2.7.0 Current TUI version: 0.67