From: Russet McMillan
Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20001007
Date: Sun,  8 Oct 2000 02:38:36 -0600 (MDT)
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                       APACHE POINT OBSERVATORY
                       3.5m Telescope Night Log
                      Saturday, October 7th, 2000
                                                          ACTUAL
 ASTRONOMER     OBSERVER(S)        INSTRUMENT   DATE   START  FINISH
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 J.Holtzman     R.McMillan         SPIcam       10/7    --     --
 B.Andersson    B.Andersson,       Echelle      10/7    --     --
                S.McCandliss
 S.Hawley       S.Hawley           DIS          10/8    --     --
  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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 DD03/O     19:33  20:43   -   1.2   -    0    -    0    0    -    0
 JH03/R     20:43  01:10  0.0  4.4   0    0    0    0    0    0    0
 UW04/R     01:10  06:09  3.7  1.3   0    0    0    0    0    0    0
 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time
                ------------- ACTIVITY LOG --------------
 Observing Specialist, 1st & 2nd shift: Russet McMillan
 Overcast, thick fog with a slight drizzle.  The clouds were too low
 and warm to show on the satellite, but they looked very thick from
 underneath.  Good weather for pretending to be Jedi with
 flashlightsabers, bad weather for astronomy.  We had trouble with two
 instruments (DIS warm, SPIcam with condensation on the dewar window),
 but with Job Davis's help we were able to deal with both while the
 telescope was closed.  Aside from those, I spent some time tonight
 training a new observer and a new observing specialist, set up the
 DIS gratings for tomorrow, and called it an early night.
        --------------- 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
     ------------------------------------------------------------------
     17:01    46    47     12   199  (SSW)     29  overcast     fog
     18:01    47    48      8   181  (S)       36  overcast     fog
     19:01    47    48      6   180  (S)      112  overcast     fog
     20:01    46    47      9   143  (SE)      36  overcast     fog
     21:01    45    45      7   145  (SE)     159  overcast     fog
     22:01    43    44      9   138  (SE)     204  overcast     fog
     23:01    44    45      8   144  (SE)     162  overcast     fog
     00:01    44    44     13   146  (SE)      24  overcast     fog
     01:01    41    42     16   128  (SE)       7  overcast     rain
     02:01    41    41     17   127  (SE)       2  overcast     rain
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 2.4.0b1 Current MC version: v1_7_3.
- Russet McMillan