From: Russet McMillan Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20030605 Date: Fri, 6 Jun 2003 05:43:34 -0600 (MDT) Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Thursday, June 5, 2003 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- A.West A.West DISIII 00:20 00:40 03:50 04:55 INST SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS DAY NOTUSED I/RO/DN START FINISH D B D B D B USE D B -------------------------------------------------------------------- UW07/R 21:11 04:52 2.9 3.4 0 0 1.1 0.3 0 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: R.McMillan Summer Astronomy, a poem: Rain, clouds, rain. Wait, wait, wait. Clearing! Open, focus, center, expose. Clouds. Abort, close, wait, wait. East wind. Humid. Clearing. Very humid. Wait. Less humid. Open, science, fuzzy stars. Dawn. Close. Sleep. ------- 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 --------------------------------------------------------------------- 00:28 DISslit -200(868) 242 42 14.3/14.8 195 1 - 1.44 00:28 DISslit -600?(??) >4 Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:01 65 33 7 240 (WSW) 1253 mstly cldy none 17:01 56 33 20 324 (NW) 1290 mstly cldy rain 18:01 56 33 14 337 (NNW) 721 cloudy rain 19:01 59 30 6 348 (NNW) 1164 cloudy none 20:01 60 30 10 246 (WSW) 1027 cloudy none 21:01 60 28 8 262 (W) 899 cloudy none 22:01 59 28 5 265 (W) 947 cloudy none 23:01 60 26 19 309 (NW) 806 cloudy rain 00:01 59 29 6 333 (NNW) 715 mstly cldy none 01:01 57 30 3 185 (S) 900 mstly cldy none 02:01 44 41 19 75 (ENE) 582 ptly cldy none 03:01 41 39 15 73 (ENE) 604 mstly clr none 04:01 40 34 19 80 (E) 426 mstly clr none 05:01 40 32 24 72 (ENE) 443 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