Date: Sun, 2 Nov 1997 05:49:05 -0700 (MST)
From: Charles Corson
Subject: 3.5m obslog 971101
                         SATURDAY NOVEMBER 1, 1997
                         APACHE POINT OBSERVATORY
                              OBSERVING  LOG
                                    ACTUAL
ASTRONOMER   INSTRUMENT   DATE   START FINISH
Corson		DIS	  11/01  18:00 19:16
Richards	DIS	  11/01  19:16 05:00
 INST        SCHEDULED      OBS      WEATH     EQUIP   DAY   NOTUSED
I/RS/DN    START FINISH   D    B    D    B    D    B   USE   D    B
PU01/S     18:36 19:16    0.7  0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0
UC01/S     19:16 04:58    9.7  0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0
(note: times listed include instrument change time)
                               ACTIVITY LOG
(* means a trouble report has been issued or appended to)
Weather conditons were similiar to the past week with clear skies and
windy conditions.  The seeing was poor.
The lens monitering program was very productive with two lens observed.
Of note, scr5 on Apache is full.
Gordon Richards and Maki Sekiguchi continued their program of QSO
candidates.  The first half of the night was slow due to difficulties
with the afternoon arc lamp exposures.  The seeing was also poor, and at
times, terrible.  However, the night was productive, no lost time.
                                FOCUS LOG
                             NOVEMBER 1 1997
                  Best   Telescope           Wind            Seeing
Time   Inst      Focus    Az  El    #Temp   Dir MPH  filter  FWHM "
18:06   DIS    -50(6488) 271  67  8.4/9.6   0   21   r       1.5
19:20   DIS    -25(6546) 152  48  7.9/8.3   333 4    r       1.8
#The first temp is air, the second is truss, both in degrees Celsius
                                 WEATHER
                              NOVEMBER 1 1997
                                   Wind
    Time  Temp F  Dewp. F  MPH.   Dir.       Dust    Sky          Precip.
     16:01    49    13      7    41  (NE)     263    clear        none
     17:01    47    13     19   334  (NNW)    275    clear        none
     18:01    47    12     10    23  (NNE)    251    clear        none
     19:01    47     8     13   359  (N)      270    clear        none
     20:01    46     6     17   328  (NNW)    274    clear        none
     21:01    44     3     13    10  (N)      304    clear        none
     22:01    44     7      9    55  (NE)     234    clear        none
     23:01    43     5     24     4  (N)      228    clear        none
     00:01    42     2     21   359  (N)      248    clear        none
     01:01    42     5     16    14  (NNE)    205    clear        none
     02:01    42     0     20    23  (NNE)    185    clear        none
     03:01    41    -1     15    13  (NNE)    227    clear        none
     04:01    39    -1     14    16  (NNE)    349    clear        none
     05:01    40    -1     10    22  (NNE)    248    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.
Charles