From: "Camron Hastings"
Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20001025
Date: Thu, 26 Oct 2000 07:17:04 -0600
                       APACHE POINT OBSERVATORY
                       3.5m Telescope Night Log
                     Wednesday, October 25th, 2000
                                                          ACTUAL
 ASTRONOMER     OBSERVER(S)        INSTRUMENT   DATE   START  FINISH
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 E.Turner   B.Pindor,R.McMillan    Guider       10/25  18:70  20:00
 D.York     B.Woodgate,P.Palunas,  Fabry-Perot  10/25  20:00  07:10
            V.Kulkarni,D.York,                 -10/26
            J.Rhodes
  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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 PU04/O     19:13  19:58   0    0    0    0   0.8  0.0   0    0    0
 UC02/O     19:58  06:22   0    0    0    0  10.4  0.0   0    0    0
 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time
                ------------- ACTIVITY LOG --------------
 Observing Specialist, 1st Shift: Russet McMillan
 The telescope was opened at sunset under light cirrus, and first half
 saw productive observations with excellent seeing.
 During checkout, I discovered a problem with SPIcam which could not
 be solved by the beginning of observations.  As an alternative, Ed
 Turner decided to try using the guider, since he was more interested
 in good image resolution than in perfect photometry.
 Observing Specialist, 2nd Shift: Camron Hastings
 Second half started without any difficulty. Skies cleared for a while
and
 the GFP ran smoothly. Nothing else of note, successful night.
        --------------- INSTRUMENT FOCUS LOG ----------------
                                      Air/Truss   Wind
 Time  Instrument   Focus     Az  El   #Temp-C   Dir MPH  filt   FWHM
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19:00 NA2gdr      0           80  62  5.4/7.8    318  8    R     1.14
20:28 GFP         0(1042)     142 63  5.3/5.9    330  10   4300  0.72
23:02 GFP         125(1150)   125 50  5.5/4.6    247  1    4300  0.90
01:18 GFP         50(1041)    189 65  5.0/4.8    122  6    4300  0.90
             ------------- WEATHER CONDITIONS ------------
                               Wind                          Precip.or
      Time   Temp F Dewp F  MPH  Direction    Dust    Sky    Conditions
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     16:01    49    33     11   301  (WNW)    396   cirrus     none
     17:01    45    29      2   302  (WNW)    439   cirrus     none
     18:01    42    25      6     6  (N)      467   cirrus     none
     19:01    42    20      4   307  (NW)     402   cirrus     none
     20:01    41    25      6   355  (N)      496   cirrus     none
     21:01    40    27      7   315  (NW)     497   cirrus     none
     22:01    41    28      4   297  (WNW)    535   cirrus     none
     23:01    42    25      0   244  (WSW)    532   cirrus     none
     00:01    43    25      0   172  (S)      528   cirrus     none
     01:01    41    25      0   216  (SW)     478   cirrus     none
     02:01    41    25      4   145  (SE)     530  ptly cldy   none
     03:01    41    22      5   179  (S)      422   clear      none
     04:01    40    22      9   176  (S)      462   clear      none
     05:01    41    19      8   167  (SSE)    417  ptly cldy   none
     06:01    40    21     15   164  (SSE)    381  ptly cldy   none
     07:01    42     9     12   179  (S)      178  ptly cldy   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.
- Russet McMillan & Noel Camron Hastings