Date: Sun, 5 Nov 2000 04:45:38 -0700 (MST)
From: Jack Dembicky
Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20001104
                        APACHE POINT OBSERVATORY
                        3.5m Telescope Night Log
                      Saturday, November 4th, 2000
                                                           ACTUAL
  ASTRONOMER     OBSERVER(S)        INSTRUMENT   DATE   START  FINISH
  --------------------------------------------------------------------
  S. Anderson    S.Anderson         DIS-low      11/04  --:--   --:--
  C. Stubbs      C.Stubbs           SPIcam       11/05  --:--   --:--
   INST        SCHEDULED     WEATH     EQUIP      OBS    DAY   NOTUSED
  I/RO/DN    START FINISH   D    B    D    B    D    B   USE   D    B
  --------------------------------------------------------------------
  UW01/R     18:04  00:10   0   6.1   0    0   0.0  0.0   0    0    0
  UW05/R     00:10  05:30  5.3   0    0    0   0.0  0.0   0    0    0
  note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time
                 ------------- ACTIVITY LOG --------------
  Observing Specialist, 1st Shift: Russet McMillan
  High humidity and clouds here one minute, gone the next.
  Observing Specialist, 2nd Shift: Jack Dembicky
  Cloudy when I arrived as well as high humidity.  Russet went up to
  clean some condensation off SPICAM and notices more stuff had formed
  on the chip itself that was not visible until the condensation on the
  front window was removed.  The folks at UW took some flats to see
  what change has taken place and if it is significant.
  During shutdown the enclosure rotation controller tripped (1 red/1 green
  led on left side of box, AZ drives would not operate).  I reset
  controller and this fixed the problem.  Condensation has again
  formed on the SPICAM window since midnight.
         --------------- 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
     ------------------------------------------------------------------
     16:01    37    37     19   211  (SSW)    133   mstly cldy   none
     17:01    35    35     10   215  (SW)     199    ptly cldy   none
     18:01    34    33     13   193  (SSW)    235    mstly clr?  none
     19:01    35    33     20   202  (SSW)    376    mstly clr?  none
     20:01    35    34     14   213  (SSW)    656    mstly clr?  none
     21:01    36    34     13   202  (SSW)    700    mstly clr?  none
     22:01    35    34     19   203  (SSW)    447    ptly cldy   none
     23:01    36    35     18   205  (SSW)    253   mstly cldy   none
     00:01    36    35     17   208  (SSW)    315     cloudy     none
     01:01    37    36     17   195  (SSW)     14     cloudy     none
     02:01    37    37     19   183  (S)       96     cloudy     fog
     03:01    37    37     25   198  (SSW)      9     cloudy   frz. rain
     04:01    35    35     36   210  (SSW)     23     cloudy     fog
  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 2.4.0
  Current MC version: v1_7_3.
- Russet McMillan, Jack Dembicky