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THE UNITED KINGDOM INFRARED TELESCOPE
ANNUAL REPORT
2000

3.2. Telescope Usage

The following table summarizes telescope usage for semesters 00A and 00B, which cover the period February 1, 2000 to January 31, 2001.

Semester 00A 00B
Total number of nights 180.4 180.3
Eng. and Commissioning Time 26.2 26.0
Nights available for observing 154.2 154.3
Nights observed 85.3% 75.3%
Nights lost due to faults 2.8% 4.0%
Nights lost due to bad weather 11.9% 20.7%

Contact: Sandy Leggett. Updated: Fri Oct 15 13:53:12 HST 2004

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