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UKIRT Annual Report 1999


THE UNITED KINGDOM INFRARED TELESCOPE
ANNUAL REPORT
1999

3.2. Telescope Usage

The following table summarizes telescope usage for the two semesters 99A and 99B, which cover the period February 1, 1999 to January 31, 2000.

Semester 99A 99B
Total number of nights 180.5 176.7
Eng. and Commissioning Time 28.0 28.8
Nights available for observing 152.4 147.9
Nights observed 87.3% 72.8%
Nights lost due to faults 2.5% 2.7%
Nights lost due to bad weather 10.2% 24.5%

Contact: Sandy Leggett. Updated: Fri Oct 15 14:11:23 HST 2004

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