From: Russet McMillan
Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20001127
Date: Tue, 28 Nov 2000 06:21:56 -0700 (MST)
                        APACHE POINT OBSERVATORY
                        3.5m Telescope Night Log
                       Monday, November 27th, 2000
                                                           ACTUAL
 ASTRONOMER    OBSERVER(S)            INSTRUMENT       START  FINISH
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 J.Frieman     D.Johnson,G.Richards   DIS-Low          18:10  06:00
  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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 UC03/R     17:54 05:48   0.0  0.0  0.0  0.3  11.2 0.4   0   0.0  0.0
 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time
                ------------- ACTIVITY LOG --------------
 Observing Specialist, 1st & 2nd Shift: Russet McMillan
 We got off to a slightly late start due to several minor problems
 during checkout, in conjunction with the observing specialist's
 ignoble desire for more than 4 hours of sleep.  Fortunately, we will
 soon be fully staffed again and able to accommodate a proper 3 pm
 start time.
 The night had moderate seeing (1.0-1.5 arcsec) and variable high
 clouds, enough to cost photons but not force us to stop.  Once
 observing started, the only problems encountered were minor ones,
 such as occasional secondary jumps and a few difficulties with the
 new slitviewer control software.  None of them caused more than a
 couple of minutes of delay.  I was tinkering with the focus during
 many of the longer exposures; only a few of the focus adjustments are
 reflected in the log below.
        --------------- INSTRUMENT FOCUS LOG ----------------
                                       Air/Truss   Wind
 Time  Instrument   Focus     Az  El   #Temp-C   Dir MPH  filt   FWHM"
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18:27 DISslit     -50(824)    169 52  3.9/5.8    271  8    -     1.35
18:27 gdr         -50(824)    169 52  3.9/5.8    271  8    -     1.05
01:32 DISslit     60(829)     217 45  3.5/3.3    0    7    -     1.32
             ------------- WEATHER CONDITIONS ------------
                               Wind                          Precip.or
     Time   Temp F Dewp F  MPH  Direction    Dust    Sky    Conditions
    ------------------------------------------------------------------
     16:01    45     2      4   277  (W)      117   cirrus     none
     17:01    39    -1      8   275  (W)      142   cirrus     none
     18:01    39    -1      9   275  (W)      171   cirrus     none
     19:01    38     5      7   266  (W)      226   cirrus     none
     20:01    38     8     11   269  (W)      268  mstly clr   none
     21:01    38    11     10   274  (W)      275  mstly clr   none
     22:01    39    11     11   272  (W)      277  mstly clr   none
     23:01    39    10     12   316  (NW)     249  mstly clr   none
     00:01    39    12      9   338  (NNW)    225  mstly clr   none
     01:01    40    13     17   353  (N)      177   cirrus     none
     02:01    39    14      9     2  (N)      193  ptly cldy   none
     03:01    40    14     19   356  (N)      200  ptly cldy   none
     04:01    40    13     14   353  (N)      161  ptly cldy   none
     05:01    38    14     14    37  (NE)     234  mstly clr   none
     06:01    37    16     26   358  (N)      159  mstly clr   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 > 1u
 per 0.1 cubic feet.
                             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.
 - Russet McMillan