From: "Noel Camron Hastings"
Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20010314
Date: Thu, 15 Mar 2001 05:13:49 -0700
                        APACHE POINT OBSERVATORY
                        3.5m Telescope Night Log
                       Wednesday, March 14th, 2001
                                                          ACTUAL
 ASTRONOMER    OBSERVER(S)             INSTRUMENT      START  FINISH
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 B.Pindor      B.Pindor                DIS-Low         18:09  21:12
                                                       22:54  00:04
 P.Hall        V.Narayanan             DIS-Low         00:05  01:20
   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      19:04 00:10   1.7   0    0    0   2.9  0.5   0    0    0
 PU06/R      00:10 05:20    0   4.0   0    0    0   1.2   0    0    0
  note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time
                 ------------- ACTIVITY LOG --------------
 Observing Specialist: Noel Camron Hastings
    Opened telescope at 17:00 to cool for an hour before first half
observer showed up for calibrations. We closed for 40 mins and opened
again. No problems encountered during startup with telescope. The cloud
camera chopper wheel was found to be damaged, but operable. PR Submitted.
    Throughout first half tertiary continued to send messages about being
unhappy but the telescope pointed well all night and images were round.
    A dust event at 21:10 necessitated that we close. During this event I
noticed that the handheld detector is due for its annual recalibration as
well. I did use it in the 3.5m dome and it agreed within 200 counts with
the detector in the dome. We were able to open again soon after.
    Second half started without incident. All ran smoothly. We were
forced to close after 01:20 due to high winds.
         --------------- INSTRUMENT FOCUS LOG ----------------
                                       Air/Truss   Wind
 Time   Instrument   Focus     Az El    Temp-C    Dir MPH  filt   FWHM"
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 18:49  DIS Slit   +30(722)  -029 66   4.3/4.4    255  18  none   1.41"
 18:54  NA2 Gdr    +20(723)  -029 67   4.2/4.4    255  13    R    1.25"
 20:10  DIS Slit  -100(509)  -038 86   2.5/3.0    267  20  none   1.97"
 20:12  NA2 Gdr    +24(509)  -039 86   2.4/2.9    266  18    R    1.88"
 23:10  DIS Slit  -100(498)   169 54   1.3/1.4    330   8  none   2.26"
 23:16  NA2 Gdr    +24(492)   171 55   1.2/1.3    316   7    R    1.85"
              ------------- WEATHER CONDITIONS ------------
                                 Wind                        Precip.or
     Time   Temp F Dewp F  MPH  Direction    Dust    Sky    Conditions
    ------------------------------------------------------------------
     16:01    41    14     19   305  (NW)     363   clear      none
     17:01    43    13     18   288  (WNW)    443   clear      none
     18:01    41    15     17   279  (W)      430   clear      none
     19:01    39    18     16   266  (W)      720  ptly cldy   none
     20:01    37    21     12   269  (W)     1352   clear      none
     21:01    34    21     13   269  (W)     3149   clear      none
     22:01    34    22      9   290  (WNW)   2994   clear      none
     23:01    35    11     21   335  (NNW)   1826   clear      none
     00:01    31    11      7     4  (N)     2149   clear      none
     01:01    27    -1      4     1  (N)     1764   clear      none
     02:01    26   -16     22     6  (N)      493   clear      none
     03:01    27   -19     29   358  (N)      311   clear      none
     04:01    25   -23     36    19  (NNE)    421   clear      none
     05:01    23   -24     27    16  (NNE)    300   clear      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: 2.5.1
  Current MC version: v1_7_3.