Date: Fri, 14 Nov 1997 04:51:13 -0700 (MST) From: Tia Hoyes Subject: 3.5m obslog 971113 THURSDAY NOVEMBER 13, 1997 APACHE POINT OBSERVATORY OBSERVING LOG ACTUAL ASTRONOMER INSTRUMENT DATE START FINISH Turner DIS 11/13 ----- ----- Harper GRIM2 11/13 ----- ----- Bohm GRIM2 11/13 ----- ----- INST SCHEDULED OBS WEATH EQUIP DAY NOTUSED I/RS/DN START FINISH D B D B D B USE D B PU01/S 18:28 19:07 0 0 0 0.6 0 0 0 0 0 UC03/R 19:07 23:50 0 0 0 4.7 0 0 0 0 0 UW14/R 23:50 05:08 0 0 0 5.3 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 opened this evening due to weather. Overcast skies, snow fog, high humidity, high dust counts and the fact that there is snow and ice covering the enclosure prevented the opening this evening. I could not observe for Lens Monitoring, nor could Rhodri Evans observe for UC03. Alberto Noriega-Crespo was shut out by the weather also. FOCUS LOG NOVEMBER 13, 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 NOVEMBER 13, 1997 Wind Time Temp F Dewp. MPH. Dir. DUST Sky Precip. 16:01 30 28 23 293 (WNW) 64 overcast none 17:01 28 26 23 301 (WNW) 106 overcast none 18:01 28 27 12 280 (W) 129 overcast fog 19:01 26 25 14 348 (NNW) 238 overcast fog 20:01 25 23 7 319 (NW) 239 overcast fog 21:01 24 22 13 314 (NW) 255 overcast fog 22:01 24 22 13 288 (WNW) 301 overcast fog 23:01 24 22 10 292 (WNW) 315 overcast fog 00:01 24 22 16 283 (WNW) 304 overcast drizzle 01:01 24 23 18 276 (W) 23326 overcast drizzle 02:01 25 22 14 269 (W) 253 overcast light flurries 03:01 24 21 10 267 (W) 230 overcast light flurries 04:01 24 23 13 275 (W) 266 overcast light flurries 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