Date: Sat, 18 Oct 1997 07:27:58 -0600 (MDT)
From: Karen Gloria
Subject: 3.5-m obslog 971017
                         FRIDAY OCTOBER 17, 1997
                         APACHE POINT OBSERVATORY
                              OBSERVING  LOG
                                    ACTUAL
ASTRONOMER   INSTRUMENT   DATE   START FINISH
Adler          GRIM2     10/17   18:20 19:50
Trammell       GRIM2    10/17-18 19:50 00:50
Rodgers        GRIM2     10/18   00:50 05:48
 INST        SCHEDULED      OBS      WEATH     EQUIP   DAY   NOTUSED
I/RS/DN    START FINISH   D    B    D    B    D    B   USE   D    B
UC09/R     18:20 19:50    -    -    -    -    -    -   1.5   -    -
UC06/S     19:50 00:50   0.2  4.8   0    0    0    0    0    0    0
UW05/S     00:50 05:48    -   4.7   -    0    -   0.3   0    -    0
(note: times listed include instrument change time)
                               ACTIVITY LOG
(* means a trouble report has been issued or appended to)
The telescope was opened at 18:30, after calibration images were
taken.  The weather was super.
Dave Cole and Gordon Richards were the observers for Adler (UC09).
They used GRIM2 to observe Jupiter and Saturn in the infrared.  They
commented that this was a productive run.
Susan Trammell and Andrew Dimeo were the observers for UC06.  We had
to constantly monitor the focus of GRIM2, as shown in the focus log.
The observing was very successful, though.
Bernadette Rodgers and Bruce Balick were the observers for UW05.
Although they lost about 20 minutes due to a computer problem, the run
went very well.  There were no other problems and spectra were
obtained for most of the science targets.
                                FOCUS LOG
                             OCTOBER 17 1997
                  Best   Telescope           Wind            Seeing
Time   Inst      Focus    Az  El    #Temp   Dir MPH  filter  FWHM "
19:00  GRIM2  -575(6568) 322  46  6.8/10.0  315   5   2.122   1.0
19:50  GRIM2  -635(6337) 251  75  6.5/8.3   329   5   2.122   0.6
20:30  GRIM2  -500(6464) 262  67  7.1/7.6   359   4   2.122   0.8
20:50  GRIM2  -425(6538) 266  62  6.7/7.3    14   8   2.122   0.8
21:40  GRIM2  -425(6545) 273  53  6.3/7.2   228   1   K-cont  0.7
22:25  GRIM2  -415(6586) 278  43  6.1/6.5    31  12   2.166   1.0
00:10  GRIM2  -275(6624) 290  79  8.6/7.2   339   1   2.166   0.6
01:20   DIS   -500(6392)  44  52  5.8/7.1   213   1     r     1.3
#The first temp is air, the second is truss, both in degrees Celsius
                                 WEATHER
                             OCTOBER 17 1997
                                   Wind
    Time  Temp F  Dewp. F  MPH.	  Dir.       Dust    Sky          Precip.
     17:01    52    22      8   271  (W)      459   clear          none
     18:01    50    22      6   293  (WNW)    530   clear          none
     19:01    44    20     10   325  (NW)     452   clear          none
     20:01    44    18      1   317  (NW)     351   clear          none
     21:01    45    22      5     5  (N)      425   clear          none
     22:01    43    20      8    24  (NNE)    444   clear          none
     23:01    45    21      1   350  (N)      419   clear          none
     00:01    46    19      2   359  (N)      435   clear          none
     01:01    47    18      2   311  (NW)     344   clear          none
     02:01    42    20      3   224  (SW)     528   clear          none
     03:01    42    18      6   233  (SW)     425   clear          none
     04:01    43    17      6   224  (SW)     338   clear          none
     05:01    44    15      1   201  (SSW)    372   clear          none
     06:01    44    15      3   256  (WSW)    316   clear          none
     07:01    44    13      5   276  (W)      357   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
> 1 micron per 0.1 cu. ft.
                             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: 2.36.
Current guide software version: GIm Ctrlv3.0b11.
-Karen