From: "Noel Camron Hastings"
Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20001129
Date: Thu, 30 Nov 2000 06:13:06 -0700
                        APACHE POINT OBSERVATORY
                        3.5m Telescope Night Log
                     Wednesday, November 29th, 2000
                                                           ACTUAL
 ASTRONOMER    OBSERVER(S)            INSTRUMENT       START  FINISH
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 B.Pindor      B.Pindor               DIS-low          17:30  00:08
 J.Holtzman    J.Holtzman             DIS-medium       00:09  06:17
  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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 PU01/R     17:54 00:10   0.0  0.0  0.0  0.0  4.0  2.3   0   0.0  0.0
 NM05/R     00:10 05:50   0.0  0.0  0.0  0.0  5.7  0.0   0   0.0  0.0
 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time
                ------------- ACTIVITY LOG --------------
 Observing Specialist, 1st Shift: Russet McMillan
 The dome was opened at sunset after some calibration images had been
 obtained.  The instrument focus was somewhat unstable at the
 beginning of the evening, but once it settled down, the observing
 went smoothly under clear skies and mostly excellent seeing.  The
 only mediocre seeing, of course, coincided exactly with the mounting
 of the Sloan imaging camera, but it recovered shortly afterward.  The
 evening's worst complication was a meteor or plane passing through
 the slit right in front of a target.
 Observing Specialist, 2nd Shift: Noel Camron Hastings
   Second shift started without any troubles. Jon Holtzman used DIS and
remotely operated the new slit imager without any troubles.
        --------------- INSTRUMENT FOCUS LOG ----------------
                                       Air/Truss   Wind
 Time  Instrument   Focus     Az  El   #Temp-C   Dir MPH  filt   FWHM"
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 17:40 DISslit     25(981)    154 49   5.0/7.5   256  7    -     1.02"
 17:40 NA2 Gdr   2371(981)    154 49   5.0/7.5   256  7    -     0.98"
 18:30 DISslit    -50(834)    208 54   4.9/6.1   256  7    -     0.93"
             ------------- WEATHER CONDITIONS ------------
                               Wind                          Precip.or
     Time   Temp F Dewp F  MPH  Direction    Dust    Sky    Conditions
    ------------------------------------------------------------------
     16:01    44    20      6   239  (WSW)    288   clear      none
     17:01    41    12      3   228  (SW)     119   clear      none
     18:01    41    15      8   221  (SW)     127   clear      none
     19:01    41    19      7   264  (W)      186   clear      none
     20:01    40    19      6   242  (WSW)    185   clear      none
     21:01    41    18      8   227  (SW)     189   clear      none
     22:01    40    18     11   214  (SW)     234   clear      none
     23:01    40    16     10   213  (SSW)    294   clear      none
     00:01    39    16     17   214  (SW)     348   clear      none
     01:01    38    17     11   221  (SW)     331   clear      none
     02:01    39    19     10   261  (W)      391   clear      none
     03:01    40    17     10   252  (WSW)    341   clear      none
     04:01    40    17      8   267  (W)      358  cirrus      none
     05:01    41    18     12   274  (W)      210  cirrus      none
     06:01    40    19     15   300  (WNW)    260  cirrus      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, Noel Camron Hastings