From: "Noel Camron Hastings"
Subject: 3.5-m Night Log 04.08.2000
Date: Sun, 9 Apr 2000 05:07:30 -0700
                        Saturday, April 08, 2000
                        APACHE POINT OBSERVATORY
                              Observing Log
                                                          ACTUAL
ASTRONOMER      OBSERVER(S)   INSTRUMENT       DATE    START  FINISH
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J.Dalcanton     V.Desai       SPIcam          4/08-9   19:30  19:58
                                                       22:10  23:30
 INST        SCHEDULED     WEATH     EQUIP      OBS    DAY   NOTUSED
I/RS/DN    START FINISH   D    B    D    B    D    B   USE   D    B
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UW05/R     20:23  05:46  5.8  2.3   0    0    0   1.3   0    -    0
(note: times listed include instrument change time)
                      -------- ACTIVITY LOG --------
1st Half Observing Specialist: Camron Hastings
    Tonight started cloudy and remained so. We opened long enough for UW
to get a set of sky flats (cloud flats) just in case. We closed at 20:05
MDT. A few holes opened up from time to time and we shot through them.
The open and close times are listed above.
    The guider monitor refused to update the guider information. All
other information seemed to be getting displayed accurately. I spoke
with Craig about it and he fixed it on the fly.
    During the times when the cirrus was too thick for UW's program but
still transparent enough for DIMM, I slewed the telescope to a star in
the north, close to Polaris, and took images with SPIcam in V at
differing air masses to compare with DIMM data. Eventually, we just had
to close it all up though. We remained closed for the rest of the night.
                            OBSERVER COMMENTS
V.Desai (UW05):
                                FOCUS LOG
                              April 08 2000
                                                  Wind
Time   Inst        Focus     Az  El   Temp*    Dir  MPH  filt   FWHM"
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22:15  SPIcam   +010(0475)  169  45  4.9/5.7   176   19    I    0.83"
22:20  Guider   2282        170  44  4.9/5.7   176   20   none  1.19"
*First temp is air, second temp is telescope superstructure.
                                 WEATHER
                              April 08 2000
                           Wind  Wind
     Time   Temp F Dewp F  MPH   Direction    Dust      Sky      Precip.
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     16:01    53    15      8   218  (SW)    1530     Cirrus      None
     17:01    47    15      1   214  (SW)    1898     Cirrus      None
     18:01    47    15      1   334  (NNW)   1711     Cirrus      None
     19:01    45    16      5   124  (SE)    1778     Cirrus      None
     20:01    42    15      1   176  (S)     2653     Cirrus      None
     21:01    39    16     14   150  (SSE)   2127     Cirrus      None
     22:01    41    17     16   207  (SSW)   1684     Cirrus      None
     23:01    41    17     18   182  (S)     1480     Cirrus      None
     00:01    41    18     12   191  (S)     1350     Cirrus      None
     01:01    41    19     13   194  (SSW)   1477     Cirrus      None
     02:01    40    20     14   186  (S)     1491     Cirrus      None
     03:01    41    20     12   188  (S)     1689     Cirrus      None
     04:01    41    21      9   206  (SSW)   1725     Cirrus      None
     05:01    39    21     13   183  (S)     1666     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
> 1 micron per 0.1 cu. ft.
                              TELESCOPE STATUS
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     Primary, secondary, and tertiary mirrors in place and collimated.
     Primary support system operational.  Mirror ventilation system in
     place.  Telescope drives operational.  Current Remark version:
     2.55b5. Current guide software version: GIm Ctrlv3.0b27.  Current
     TCC version is 2.2.2.
                                   - Camron