Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20001017
Date: Wed, 18 Oct 100 07:23:15 -0600 (MDT)
From: bergeron@apo.nmsu.edu (Eddie Bergeron)
                       APACHE POINT OBSERVATORY
                       3.5m Telescope Night Log
                      Tuesday, October 17th, 2000
                                                          ACTUAL
 ASTRONOMER     OBSERVER(S)        INSTRUMENT   DATE   START  FINISH
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 D.York           D.York             Echelle    10/17  19:04  06:27
  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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 UC01/R     19:21  06:16   0   2.1  0.0  0.0  2.7  6.3  0.0  0.0  0.0
 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time
                ------------- ACTIVITY LOG --------------
 Observing Specialist, 1st & 2nd shift: Eddie Bergeron
 Don ran the Echelle from Chicago all evening. Had a few clouds early, and
 rather poor seeing all night, but still managed to get lots of objects
 observed. The humidity climbed steadily all night and finally reached the
 limit at 04:00. Closed for ~2 hours and then it settled right at the
 limit for 20 mins straight, so we re-opened for another 20 mins and got
 one more object in. Humidity rose again just before sunrise.
        --------------- INSTRUMENT FOCUS LOG ----------------
                                      Air/Truss   Wind
 Time  Instrument   Focus     Az  El   #Temp-C   Dir MPH  filt   FWHM
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 19:23 EchelleSV -044(80)    212  37  7.5/9.5    271   5  clear   1.2"
 20:45 EchelleSV +050(132)   250  33  7.0/7.9    264   5  clear   1.8"
             ------------- WEATHER CONDITIONS ------------
                               Wind                          Precip.or
      Time   Temp F Dewp F  MPH  Direction    Dust    Sky    Conditions
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     17:01    53    29      9   276  (W)      308   ptly cldy   none
     18:01    50    22      7   265  (W)      332   ptly cldy   none
     19:01    46    24      7   278  (W)      361   ptly cldy   none
     20:01    45    28      5   268  (W)      445  mostly cldy  none
     21:01    45    30      2   264  (W)      507   ptly cldy   none
     22:01    43    32      7   275  (W)      597  mostly clear none
     23:01    43    33      0   269  (W)      703  mostly clear none
     00:01    43    34      2   257  (WSW)    776  mostly clear none
     01:01    40    33      1    92  (E)      582     clear     none
     02:01    42    34      4   210  (SSW)    801     clear     none
     03:01    40    34      1   174  (S)      800     clear     none
     04:01    40    36      1   159  (SSE)   1171     clear     none
     05:01    38    35      8    86  (E)     1137   ptly cldy   none
     06:01    39    36      3   131  (SE)    1078     clear     none
     07:01    38    37      2   112  (ESE)   1473   overcast    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.
- Eddie Bergeron