Subject: 3.5M Night Log 20001020
Date: Sat, 21 Oct 100 06:36:58 -0600 (MDT)
From: bergeron@apo.nmsu.edu (Eddie Bergeron)
                       APACHE POINT OBSERVATORY
                       3.5m Telescope Night Log
                      Friday, October 20th, 2000
                                                          ACTUAL
 ASTRONOMER     OBSERVER(S)        INSTRUMENT   DATE   START  FINISH
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 D.York         K.Billings         DIS          10/20  --:--  --:--
 S.Hawley       S.Hawley           DIS          10/20  --:--  --:--
                T.Oswalt
                N.Sylvestri
  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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 UC07/R     18:18  19:18   -    -    -    -    -    -    0    -    -
 UW03/R     19:18  06:19  5.8  5.2   0   0.0  0.0  0.0  0.0  0.0  0.0
 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time
                ------------- ACTIVITY LOG --------------
 Observing Specialist, 1st Shift: N. Camron Hastings & Jack Dembicky
   Did not open due to rain/hail/lightning/wind/etc... Worked on Jack's
training some, but weather is not allowing much in the way of operations
training on the sky.
 Observing Specialist, 2nd Shift: Eddie Bergeron
   Did not open due to rain and high humidity.
        --------------- INSTRUMENT FOCUS LOG ----------------
                                      Air/Truss   Wind
 Time  Instrument   Focus     Az  El   #Temp-C   Dir MPH  filt   FWHM
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             ------------- WEATHER CONDITIONS ------------
                               Wind                          Precip.or
      Time   Temp F Dewp F  MPH  Direction    Dust    Sky    Conditions
     ------------------------------------------------------------------
     16:01    58    39      7   236  (SW)     255    cloudy     none
     17:01    52    38      7   246  (WSW)    271    cloudy     rain
     18:01    49    38      6   232  (SW)     303    cloudy     rain
     19:01    46    38      2   250  (WSW)    355    cloudy     none
     20:01    39    37      9    97  (E)      530    cloudy   rain/hail
     21:01    39    37     17    90  (E)      305    cloudy   rain/hail
     22:01    39    37     10    88  (E)      158    cloudy     rain?
     23:01    41    36      6   103  (ESE)    191    cloudy     rain
     00:01    41    41      8   182  (S)      668    cloudy     none
     01:01    40    41      8   160  (SSE)    341    cloudy     rain
     02:01    41    39     11   153  (SSE)    271    cloudy     rain
     03:01    40    40     13   129  (SE)     176    cloudy    drizzle
     04:01    42    40     10   171  (S)      295    cloudy    drizzle
     05:01    41    39      8   176  (S)      221    cloudy     none
     06:01    41    40      9   161  (SSE)    390    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, Jack Dembicky & Eddie Bergeron