Date: Sat, 31 Mar 2001 05:56:00 -0700 (MST)
From: Jack Dembicky
Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20010330
                        APACHE POINT OBSERVATORY
                        3.5m Telescope Night Log
                        Friday, March 30th, 2001
                                                          ACTUAL
 ASTRONOMER    OBSERVER(S)             INSTRUMENT      START  FINISH
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 P.McGehee     P.McGehee               DIS-High        18:45  00:00
 P.Szkody      P.Szkody                DIS-High        00:00  05:35
   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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 DD04/O      19:16 00:10    0    0    0    0    0   4.9   0    0    0
 NM06/R      00:10 04:58    0    0    0    0   4.8   0    0    0    0
  note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time
                 ------------- ACTIVITY LOG --------------
          1st & 2nd Half Observing Specialist: Jack Dembicky
 Turned on enclosure fans at 16:30.  Louvers opened at 18:00. Opened
 enclosure at 18:10.  Seeing started out around 1 arc sec at the start of
 the night but deteriorated to 1.5-2 arc sec by 23:00.  Seeing improved
 slightly later in the evening, typically around 1-1.5 arc sec.
 A very intense red and blue-green aurora display at 23:30.  Covered 1/2
 of the sky from almost due W thru due E.  The light show died down
 around 00:00.
 Everything ran smoothly for the whole night.
         --------------- INSTRUMENT FOCUS LOG ----------------
                                       Air/Truss   Wind
 Time   Instrument   Focus     Az El    Temp-C    Dir MPH  filt   FWHM"
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 19:12  DIS-high    -80(746)  151 58    6.2/7.1   297  18  none   1.11
 19:22  NA2gdr  -1445(55604)  156 59    6.2/6.9   291  16  red    0.99
 20:30  DIS-high    -40(790)  243 50    6.6/6.5   284  15  none   1.02
 22:18  DIS-high     20(801)  153 53    5.1/5.5   349  13  none   1.53
 02:20  DIS-high    -40(651)  154 54    3.4/3.4   348  15  none   1.39
              ------------- WEATHER CONDITIONS ------------
                                 Wind                        Precip.or
     Time   Temp F Dewp F  MPH  Direction    Dust    Sky    Conditions
    ------------------------------------------------------------------
     16:02    46    24     26   301  (WNW)    308    clear    none
     17:02    47    23     24   294  (WNW)    293    clear    none
     18:02    45    21     15   288  (WNW)    237    clear    none
     19:02    43    20     17   304  (NW)     266    clear    none
     20:02    44    18     16   319  (NW)     262    clear    none
     21:02    44    16     22   311  (NW)     278    clear    none
     22:02    42    14     11   356  (N)      316    clear    none
     23:02    41    10      3   306  (NW)     314    clear    none
     00:02    41    11      8   341  (NNW)    321    clear    none
     01:02    40    10     23   358  (N)      414    clear    none
     02:02    39     8      9    20  (NNE)    434    clear    none
     03:02    37     8      9    31  (NNE)    561    clear    none
     04:02    37     4     24   332  (NNW)    575    clear    none
     05:02    36     5     12     0  (N)      497    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.