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Gemini North Queue Details

For each night scheduled for QuickStart queue observing, the programs attempted are listed in the table below. During QuickStart, this table will likely only be updated at the end of each QuickStart block. (During normal queue obsevations, the table will be updated each night).

The columns in the table are:
Date: the UT date of the observations.
Usable: the usable science time in hours (may be less than the night-time hours due to engineering/commissioning tests).
Lost: time lost due to weather or technical problems.
Weather: a general summary of the weather conditions for the night in question.
Programs attempted: the Gemini reference numbers for programs (some of) whose observations were attempted.

Date Usable Lost Weather Programs attempted
27-July-2000 9 0 cloudless; visible seeing ~1 arcsec (0.2 arcsec with AO corr. at H) UH payback (for Hokuapa'a loan and support)
28-July-2000 0 10 high humidity (Hurricane Daniel); dome closed UH payback
31-July-2000 0 5 high humidity  
1-August-2000 0 5 high humidity; dome closed  
2-August-2000 6 0 cloudless; AO-corrected image quality 0.065 arcsec at H GN-2000QS-Q-9
3-August-2000 10 1 cloudless; variable seeing UH payback
4-August-2000 0 5    
5-August-2000 0 5    
6-August-2000 5 0 cloudless; AO-corrected image quality 0.1-0.2 arcsec GN-2000QS-Q-12, GN-2000QS-Q-4
7-August-2000 6 0 cloudless; AO-corrected image quality 0.08-0.3 arcsec GN-2000QS-Q-20, GN-2000QS-Q-18
24-September-2000 0 10    
25-September-2000 10 0 cloudless first half, AO-corrected image quality 0.15-0.2 arcsec; increasingly cloudy and degraded seeing second half GN-2000QS-Q-5, GN-2000QS-Q-16
26-September-2000 5 5 cirrus, increasing to opaque;  AO-corrected image quality ~0.1 arcsec GN-2000QS-Q-16
27-September-2000 5 5 cloudless; AO-corrected image quality 0.08-0.1 arcsec at K' GN-2000QS-Q-8
28-September-2000 0 10 fog and rain UH payback
29-September-2000 9 1 cloudless; AO-corrected image quality ~0.1 arcsec GN-2000QS-Q-4, GN-2000QS-Q-10
30-September-2000 8 2 cloudless; AO-corrected image quality ~0.1 arcsec GN-2000QS-Q-5, GN-2000QS-Q-6
1-October-2000 4 6 cloudy with high humidity, then cloudless; AO-corrected image quality ~0.1 arcsec GN-2000QS-Q-5, GN-2000QS-Q-15
2-October-2000 6 4 brief cloud; AO-corrected image quality better than 0.1 arcsec UH payback
23-October-2000 0 10 high humidity; dome closed UH payback
24-October-2000 8 2 cirrus initially, later cloudless; AO-corrected image quality 0.1-0.2 arcsec GN-2000QS-Q-42, GN-2000QS-Q-35, GN-2000QS-Q-38
25-October-2000 5 5 cloudless; AO-corrected image quality ~0.1 GN-2000QS-Q-8, GN-2000QS-Q-17
26-October-2000 0 10 fog, rain, ice; dome closed  
27-October-2000 0 10 fog, snow; dome closed  
28-October-2000 0 10 snow; dome closed UH payback
29-October-2000 0 10 fog; dome closed  
30-October-2000 0 10 fog, clouds; dome closed  
31-October-2000 0 10 fog; dome closed  
16-November-2000 0 6 snow; dome closed UH payback
17-November-2000 4.5 5.5 high humidity; AO-corrected image quality 0.2-0.4 arcsec (1.2-1.7 arcsec uncorrected at K) UH payback
18-November-2000 0 10 UH payback
19-November-2000 9 1 AO-corrected image quality 0.08-0.1 arcsec UH payback
20-November-2000 9.5 0.5 AO-corrected image quality 0.1-0.2 arcsec UH payback
27-November-2000 3.5 6.5 tip-tilt corrected image quality 0.35-0.4 arcsec at 10um; high humidity after 10pm UF payback (for OSCIR loan and suppport)
28-November-2000 0 5 high humidity UF payback
29-November-2000 0 10    
30-November-2000 0 10    
1-December-2000 0 5    
2-December-2000 6 3 cloudless and very dry; tip-tilt corrected image quality ~0.45 arcsec at 10um, 0.55 arcsec at 20um GN-2000QS-Q-13
3-December-2000 8 0 cloudless and very dry; tip-tilt corrected image quality 0.37-0.45 arcsec at 10um, 0.54 arcsec at 20um GN-2000QS-Q-7, GN-2000QS-Q-30, GN-2000QS-Q-32
4-December-2000 10 1 cloudless and very dry; tip-tilt corrected image quality ~0.45 arcsec at 10um UF payback
5-December-2000 10 1 cloudless and very dry; tip-tilt corrected image quality ~0.45 arcsec at 10um UF payback
6-December-2000 4 6 cloudless and dry; tip-tilt corrected image quality ~0.45 arcsec at 10um GN-2000QS-Q-33
7-December-2000 9 1 cloudless, variable humidity (briefly high); tip-tilt corrected image quality 0.4 arcsec at 10um GN-2000QS-Q-7, GN-2000QS-Q-33, GN-2000QS-Q-13
8-December-2000 7 3 cloudless, variable humidity; tip-tilt corrected image quality 0.4 arcsec at 10um GN-2000QS-Q-11, GN-2000QS-Q-27
9-December-2000 9 1 cloudless and dry; tip-tilt corrected image quality 0.4 arcsec at 10um GN-2000QS-Q-31, GN-2000QS-Q-25, GN-2000QS-Q-34
10-December-2000 4 3 cirrus first half, cloudless thereafter and dry; tip-tilt corrected image quality 0.4-0.5 arcsec at 10um GN-2000QS-Q-25, GN-2000QS-Q-33
11-December-2000 5 5 cirrus UF payback
17-December-2000 8 2 cloudless; AO-corrected image quality 0.1-0.2 arcsec GN-2000QS-Q-2, GN-2000QS-Q-19, GN-2000QS-Q-5
18-December-2000 8 2 cloudless; AO-corrected image quality 0.07-0.12 arcsec at H and K GN-2000QS-Q-10, GN-2000QS-Q-4, GN-2000QS-Q-29
19-December-2000 7 3 cloudless; AO-corrected image quality 0.07 (at J) - 0.15 arcsec GN-2000QS-Q-2, GN-2000QS-Q-19, GN-2000QS-Q-14
20-December-2000 9 2 cloudless; AO-corrected image quality 0.08-0.15 arcsec UH payback
21-December-2000 11 0 cloudless; AO-corrected image quality 0.08-0.15 arcsec UH payback
22-December-2000 10 1 cloudless; AO-corrected image quality 0.07-0.2 arcsec GN-2000QS-Q-8, GN-2000QS-Q-19, GN-2000QS-Q-4, GN-2000QS-Q-14
23-December-2000 9 2 cloudless; AO-corrected image quality 0.1-0.2 arcsec at K GN-2000QS-Q-18, GN-2000QS-Q-2, GN-2000QS-Q-17, GN-2000QS-Q-14, GN-2000QS-Q-5
24-December-2000 11 0 patchy cirrus; AO-corrected image quality 0.1-0.14 arcsec GN-2000QS-Q-23, GN-2000QS-Q-28, GN-2000QS-Q-19, GN-2000QS-Q-38, GN-2000QS-Q-14
25-December-2000 9 1 thin cirrus, thick at end; AO-corrected image quality 0.1-0.2 arcsec (occasionally variable and worse) GN-2000QS-Q-15, GN-2000QS-Q-38

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