From: Russet McMillan
Subject: 3.5m Night Log 990331
Date: Thu,  1 Apr 1999 23:14:45 -0700 (MST)
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                 Apache Point Observatory, Sunspot, NM
                      Wednesday, March 31st, 1999
                     3.5-meter Night Observing Log
                                Actual
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ASTRONOMER     OBSERVER(S)       INSTRUMENT    DATE      START  FINISH
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C.Stubbs       G.Magnier         GrIm II       3/31      --:--  --:--
B.Gillespie    K.Gloria          GrIm II       3/31      --:--  --:--
D.York         C.Mallouris       Echelle       4/01      --:--  --:--
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 INST       SCHEDULED      WEATH     EQUIP      OBS     DAY   NOTUSED
I/RS/DN   START  FINISH    D    B    D    B    D    B   USE   D    B
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UW02/R    19:46  20:46     -   1.0   -    0    -    0    0    -    0
DD01/S    20:46  21:16     -   0.5   -    0    -    0    0    -    0
DD01/R    21:16  04:28     -   7.2   -    0    -    0    0    -    0
or UC07
               -------------- Activity Log --------------
1st & 2nd Half Observing Specialists: K.Gloria and N.C.Hastings
	The telescope was not opened this evening due to dust conditions and
high wind speeds. A dust storm earlier in the day was falling out all
night and was exacerbated by high winds of up to 40 mph. We did have
DIMM operating until 03:00 MST and the cloud camera.
	We noticed that the cloud camera showed us the much anticipated
return of comet Eric-Deutsch! It appeared sometime around 00:00 MST,
April 1st and descended into the horizon near 04:00 MST... We were
unable to get optical or IR corroborative imagery with the 3.5-m due
to the dust closure. I was told that the UW 'StarDust' spacecraft has
had course and trajectory alterations made so that it would rendezvous
and collect particle samples from this elusive yet predictable object.
                               FOCUS LOG
                            March 31st 1999
                  Best    Telescope    Temp      Wind          Seeing
Time  Instrmnt   Focus      Az  El   Air/Truss  Dir MPH  filter FWHM"
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00:00 WideField -999(5657) 367  98  -3.1/+3.1   001  46 Q-Prime 0.12"
                              WEATHER LOG
                            March 31st 1999
                                  Wind
     Time   Temp-F Dewp-F MPH   Direction    Dust      Sky      Precip
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     16:01    49     8     26   255  (WSW)   5211     clear      None
     17:01    49     8     29   246  (WSW)   6058     clear      None
     18:01    47     7     26   264  (W)     5650     clear      None
     19:01    44     9     24   256  (WSW)   4578     clear      None
     20:01    43    11     20   255  (WSW)   2883     clear      None
     21:01    42    11     23   254  (WSW)   2862     clear      None
     22:01    41    13     25   237  (WSW)   5178     clear      None
     23:01    40    13     28   218  (SW)    4040     clear      None
     00:01    37    18     17   258  (WSW)   3936     clear      None
     01:01    37    17     21   250  (WSW)   2590     clear      None
     02:01    37    17     26   220  (SW)    2365     clear      None
     03:01    35    17     26   233  (SW)    2419     clear      None
     04:01    34    18     14   236  (SW)    2297     clear      None
note: the wind was coming from the azimuth listed.  The convention
used is north=0 degrees, east=90 degrees. The dust count is for the
particles > 1 micron per 0.1 cu.ft.
                            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: 2.55b1
Current guide software version: GIm Ctrl v3.0b 17.out
- -  KAG, NCH
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