From: "Noel Camron Hastings"
Subject: 3.5-m Night Log 04.09.2000
Date: Mon, 10 Apr 2000 05:59:10 -0700
                         Sunday, April 09, 2000
                        APACHE POINT OBSERVATORY
                              Observing Log
                                                          ACTUAL
ASTRONOMER      OBSERVER(S)   INSTRUMENT       DATE    START  FINISH
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D.Bowen         R.Kim         DIS L/H        4/09-10   21:04  23:48
                                                       03:53  05:58
 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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PU02/R     20:24  05:44  2.7  1.9   0    0   2.0  2.7   0    0    0
(note: times listed include instrument change time)
                      -------- ACTIVITY LOG --------
1st Half Observing Specialist: Camron Hastings
	The clouds were thick most afternoon, with some holes in the evening.
We opened to try and shoot through early on and then closed. We opened
again late and tried. We mostly saw cirrus.
	I noticed a UPS power problem with the Cloud Scanner, and a problem
report was submitted.
	The DIS red chip was looking rather odd and after much head scratching
I discovered that the chips were warming. When I went upstairs I found
that the quick connect ha not attached properly and when I pushed it in
a little further it started filling. I checked the temps and they had
not warmed beyond the limit, but were close. They cooled quickly and all
was fine thereafter. That fitting is a wonderful convenience but I worry
about this sort of thing happening. Is there a more robust model?
	The guider display stopped displaying guider info shortly before
midnight. The IDL interface said "TCC log reset" but I do not know how
that happened. I reissued gdrstart and restarted the idl program, but I
still could not get a guider display when guiding, around 4:30am.
                            OBSERVER COMMENTS
                                FOCUS LOG
                              April 09 2000
                                                  Wind
Time   Inst        Focus     Az  El   Temp*    Dir  MPH  filt   FWHM"
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21:15  DIS-Red  +000(0430)  104  45  8.9/10.7  176   19  none   1.03"
21:35  Guider   -2000                                    none   1.17"
04:15  DIS-Blue -020(----)  254  24  6.7/ 7.2  260   12  none   2.32"
*First temp is air, second temp is telescope superstructure.
                                 WEATHER
                              April 09 2000
                           Wind  Wind
     Time   Temp F Dewp F  MPH   Direction    Dust      Sky      Precip.
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     16:01    56    20      9   266  (W)     1756   Thick Cirrus  None
     17:01    52    19     10   221  (SW)    1815   Thick Cirrus  None
     18:01    52    20     15   225  (SW)    1833   Thick Cirrus  None
     19:01    50    19     22   225  (SW)    2098      Cirrus     None
     20:01    48    19     17   205  (SSW)   1952      Cirrus     None
     21:01    48    18     19   212  (SSW)   1938   Thick Cirrus  None
     22:01    49    17     20   215  (SW)    1820   Thick Cirrus  None
     23:01    49    17     20   214  (SW)    1747   Thick Cirrus  None
     00:01    48    18     17   210  (SSW)   2194   Thick Cirrus  None
     01:01    49    17     20   267  (W)     1871   Thick Cirrus  None
     02:01    47    17     19   263  (W)     1611   Thick Cirrus  None
     03:01    47    16     20   270  (W)     1569   Thick Cirrus  None
     04:01    45    15     14   267  (W)     1548      Cirrus     None
     05:01    45    15     12   264  (W)     1505   Thick 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