Date: Wed, 3 Oct 2001 07:06:18 -0600 (MDT)
From: John Barentine
Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20011002
                         APACHE POINT OBSERVATORY
                         3.5m Telescope Night Log
                        Tuesday, October 2nd, 2001
                                                           ACTUAL
 ASTRONOMER    OBSERVER(S)             INSTRUMENT      START  FINISH
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 C.Stubbs      A.Miceli R.Covarrubias  SPIcam          18:50   00:54
 D.Duncan      D.Duncan                Echelle         00:55   06:05
   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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 UW05/R      19:39  01:00   0    0    0    0    0   5.4   0    0    0
 UC05/R      01:00  06:06   0    0    0    0    0   5.1   0    0    0
   note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time
                  ------------- ACTIVITY LOG --------------
 1st Half Observing Specialist: J. Dembicky
 Opened the enclosure/mirror covers at 17:55 under partly cloudy skies.
Held off on test slews until the sun set but otherwise finished checkout
while the telescope was cooling.  Handed the instrument over to the first
half observers at 18:50 for them to start their flats.  Seeing was
excellent for the first half despite clouds.  When we focused at 19:30 the
seeing was at 0.85 arc sec in r' in 3x3 bin mode.
Everything ran smoothly for the first half of the night.
 2nd Half Observing Specialist: J. Barentine
 The second started out with a smooth handover to the Echelle, but was
quickly hampered by thickening clouds.  Some slitviewer camera issued
noted by the observer and Russet (logged into the MC remotely) were
recorded by Russet.  Enough sky opened up by about 01:30 to permit
observations, but clouds were problematic throughout the night.
               ---------------- FOCUS LOG ---------------
                                        Air/Truss   Wind
 Time   Instrument   Focus     Az El    Temp-C    Dir MPH  filt   FWHM
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 19:30  SPIcam    -100(872)   122 39    9.5/11.5  273  10    r'   0.85
 22:28  NA2gdr    -494(60505) 75  50    8.5/8.5   265   9    R    1.22
 01:09  Echelle     50(-164)  200 55    9.4/9.3   260   8  Clear  0.78
 04:35  Echelle     17(-152)  283 37    9.0/9.0   273   7   ND1   1.43
              --------------- WEATHER LOG ----------------
                                 Wind                        Precip.or
     Time   Temp F Dewp F  MPH  Direction    Dust    Sky    Conditions
    ------------------------------------------------------------------
     16:01    58    39      5   261  (W)      502  Pt. Cldy    none
     17:01    61    38     10   300  (WNW)    442  Pt. Cldy    none
     18:01    54    37      7   283  (WNW)    364  Pt. Cldy    none
     19:01    49    36      1   289  (WNW)    385  Pt. Cldy    none
     20:01    49    36      8   273  (W)      410  Pt. Cldy    none
     21:01    50    36      8   275  (W)      371  Pt. Cldy    none
     22:01    49    36      9   269  (W)      501  Pt. Cldy    none
     23:01    49    36      8   252  (WSW)    494  Pt. Cldy    none
     00:01    49    34      9   235  (SW)     459  Pt. Cldy    none
     01:01    49    33      7   265  (W)      506  Pt. Cldy    none
     02:01    49    34      8   250  (WSW)    512  Pt. Cldy    none
     03:01    49    34      9   268  (W)      563  Pt. Cldy    none
     04:01    48    34      5   260  (W)      524  Pt. Cldy    none
     05:01    48    35      5   276  (W)      572  Pt. Cldy    none
     06:01    48    35      8   316  (NW)     552  Pt. Cldy    none
     07:01    49    35      8   273  (W)      454  Pt. Cldy    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 Ctrlv4.1b2. Current TCC version: 2.5.5
   Current MC version: v1_7_3.