Date: Sat, 25 Oct 1997 06:11:56 -0600 (MDT)
From: Tia Hoyes
Subject: 3.5m obslog 971024
                        FRIDAY   OCTOBER 24, 1997
                         APACHE POINT OBSERVATORY
                              OBSERVING  LOG
                                    ACTUAL
ASTRONOMER   INSTRUMENT   DATE   START FINISH
York           DIS        10/24  ----- -----
Turner         DIS        10/24  ----- -----
Kron           DIS        10/24  ----- -----
York          SPICAM      10/24  ----- -----
 INST        SCHEDULED      OBS      WEATH     EQUIP   DAY   NOTUSED
I/RS/DN    START FINISH   D    B    D    B    D    B   USE   D    B
UC09/R     18:13 19:43    0    0   1.5   0    0    0    0    0    0
PU01/S     19:43 20:23    0    0   0.7   0    0    0    0    0    0
UC02/R     20:23 00:50    0    0   4.4   0    0    0    0    0    0
UC04/R     00:51 05:53    0    0   1.3  3.7   0    0    0    0    0
(note: times listed include instrument change time)
                               ACTIVITY LOG
(* means a trouble report has been issued or appended to)
The telescope was not open tonight due to weather.  We had overcast skies,hail,
winds over 40 MPH, rain, snow, and lightning for the duration of the evening.
We have alittle over an inch in accumulation.
Dave Cole and Gordon Richards were on hand for the Adler run, but we could not
open.
The Lens Monitoring was shut out by the weather.
Brad Holden was the observer for UC02. Connie Rockosi was the observer
for UC04. They were also shut out by the weather.
                               FOCUS LOG
                            OCTOBER  24, 1997
                Best    Telescope            Wind                 Seeing
Time   Inst     Focus    Az   El   Temp#     Dir  MPH     filter   FWHM "
------NO FOCUS DATA------
# The first temp is air, the second is truss, both in degrees C.
                                 WEATHER
			    OCTOBER  24,  1997
                                 Wind
    Time   Temp F Dewp.   MPH.    Dir.       DUST     Sky         Precip.
     16:01    40    24     22   268  (W)      997   overcast       none
     17:01    41    24     23   263  (W)      950   overcast       windy
     18:01    40    24     21   262  (W)      824   overcast       windy
     19:01    39    24     18   258  (WSW)    916   overcast       windy
     20:01    39    26     32   262  (W)      995   overcast       rain
     21:01    32    31     21   265  (W)     1443   overcast       hail
     22:01    31    31     19   288  (WNW)   1620   overcast       snow
     23:01    28    27     13   266  (W)       98   overcast       snow
     00:01    24    22     12     1  (N)       91   overcast       snow
     01:01    20    17     22    19  (NNE)    381   overcast       snow
     02:01    19    16     30   357  (N)      385   overcast       snow
     03:01    19    18     19   346  (NNW)   1218   overcast       snow
     04:01    19    16     22   310  (NW)     478   overcast       snow
     05:01    18    16     14   323  (NW)     344   overcast       snow
     06:01    19    10     20   333  (NNW)    296   clearing       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.
-Tia