From: Russet McMillan
Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20001014
Date: Sun, 15 Oct 2000 06:04:49 -0600 (MDT)
                       APACHE POINT OBSERVATORY
                       3.5m Telescope Night Log
                     Saturday, October 14th, 2000
                                                          ACTUAL
 ASTRONOMER     OBSERVER(S)        INSTRUMENT   DATE   START  FINISH
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 M.Strauss      V.Narayanan        GrIm II     10/14   18:50  20:00
                                              -10/15
  INST        SCHEDULED     WEATH     EQUIP      OBS    DAY   NOTUSED
 I/RO/DN    START  FINISH  D    B    D    B    D    B   USE   D    B
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 PU05/O     19:24  06:14   0  10.2   0    0   0.4  0.2   0    0    0
 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time
                ------------- ACTIVITY LOG --------------
 Observing Specialist, 1st shift: Noel Camron Hastings
   I opened the dome at 16:24 MDT under partially cloudy skies. No
troubles encountered, our visiting astronomer tried through much of the
first half to poke GRIM through the holes with little luck. Remained
open, but not imaging due to weather.
 Observing Specialist, 2nd shift: Russet McMillan
The dome was closed due to thickening clouds at 00:20, and a storm
system moved in.  If we're going to get nothing due to clouds, we
might as well have rain, lightning, high winds and high humidity,
right?
        --------------- INSTRUMENT FOCUS LOG ----------------
                                      Air/Truss   Wind
 Time  Instrument   Focus     Az  El   #Temp-C   Dir MPH  filt   FWHM
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 21:40 GrIm f/5  -050(1015)  193  51  8.4/9.2    239  09    J    0.75"
             ------------- WEATHER CONDITIONS ------------
                               Wind                          Precip.or
      Time   Temp F Dewp F  MPH  Direction    Dust    Sky    Conditions
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     16:01    51    31      4   271  (W)      164   ptly cldy    none
     17:01    52    31     12   269  (W)      135   ptly cldy    none
     18:01    50    31      9   261  (W)      149   ptly cldy    none
     19:01    47    31      9   245  (WSW)    170   ptly cldy    none
     20:01    47    29      7   261  (W)      179   ptly cldy    none
     21:01    47    31      7   196  (SSW)    217   ptly cldy    none
     22:01    49    32      7   237  (WSW)    188    cloudy      none
     23:01    49    27      6   223  (SW)     119    cloudy      none
     00:01    48    28      6   182  (S)      111    cloudy      none
     01:01    47    34      7   228  (SW)     139    cloudy      none
     02:01    48    36      7   221  (SW)     148    cloudy      rain
     03:01    40    38      8   242  (WSW)    104    cloudy      rain
     04:01    40    37      6    70  (ENE)    158    cloudy      rain
     05:01    38    37     20   151  (SSE)     84    cloudy      none
     06:01    42    36      2   243  (WSW)     77    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
> 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: 2.62.
Current guide software version: GIm Ctrlv3.0b27. Current TCC version
is 2.4.0 Current MC version: v1_7_3.
- Noel Camron Hastings, Russet McMillan