From: Russet McMillan
Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20001117
Date: Sat, 18 Nov 2000 06:15:49 -0700 (MST)
                        APACHE POINT OBSERVATORY
                        3.5m Telescope Night Log
                       Friday, November 17th, 2000
                                                           ACTUAL
 ASTRONOMER    OBSERVER(S)            INSTRUMENT       START  FINISH
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 D.York        K.Billings             Echelle          16:55  17:53
 L.Hobbs       L.Hobbs                Echelle          17:54  23:45
 M.Strauss     V.Narayanan            GrIm II          --:--  --:--
  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     16:57 17:57   0.0  0.0  0.0  0.0  0.0   0   1.0   0    0
 UC04/R     17:57 00:10   0.0  0.4  0.0  0.0  5.2  0.7   0    0    0
 PU05/R     00:10 05:40   0.0  5.5  0.0  0.0  0.0   0    0    0    0
 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time
                ------------- ACTIVITY LOG --------------
 Observing Specialist, 1st Shift: Noel Camron Hastings
    I opened the telescope at 16:40 MST to begin cooling and started the
IRSC. Weather was beautifully clear and calm. The C-U-See-Me program has
been tested to run on our 'Obs 2' Mac again, so Adler Planetarium can
again connect to our camera for public demo. The connection from Adler to
here has not been tested yet, but software is operational on our end.
    No problems encountered throughout. Good seeing an photometric skies.
 Observing Specialist, 2nd Shift: Russet McMillan
 The dewpoint rose too close to the temperature of the cold telescope,
 and the dome was closed at 23:45.  Increasing clouds and light snow
 kept us closed for the remainder of the morning.
        --------------- INSTRUMENT FOCUS LOG ----------------
                                       Air/Truss   Wind
 Time  Instrument   Focus     Az  El   #Temp-C   Dir MPH  filt   FWHM"
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 17:57 Echelle    013(-460) -069  72  -3.0/-1.7  216  08   ND1   0.94"
             ------------- WEATHER CONDITIONS ------------
                               Wind                          Precip.or
     Time   Temp F Dewp F  MPH  Direction    Dust    Sky    Conditions
    ------------------------------------------------------------------
     16:01    32    13      4   247  (WSW)    373   Clear      None
     17:01    29    14      8   242  (WSW)    340   Clear      None
     18:01    28    13      7   223  (SW)     392   Clear      None
     19:01    28    11      9   236  (SW)     434   Clear      None
     20:01    28     9     11   265  (W)      371   Clear      None
     21:01    28    14     11   225  (SW)     385   Clear      None
     22:01    27    19      7   197  (SSW)    429   Clear      None
     23:01    27    18     11   218  (SW)     484   Cirrus     None
     00:01    26    22     10   217  (SW)     803  ptly cldy   none
     01:01    26    22      7   234  (SW)    3007  mstlycldy   none
     02:01    26    22      7   242  (WSW)    913  mstlycldy   none
     03:01    26    20      8   238  (WSW)    485   cloudy    lt snow
     04:01    26    21     10   243  (WSW)    538   cloudy    lt snow
     05:01    26    21     10   242  (WSW)    503   cloudy    lt snow
     06:01    24    23     10   222  (SW)     691   cloudy    lt snow
 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
                             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 2.4.1
 Current MC version: v1_7_3.
 - Noel Camron Hastings, Russet McMillan