Date: Sun, 9 Nov 1997 06:24:45 -0700 (MST)
From: Karen Gloria
Subject: 3.5-m obslog 971108
                         SATURDAY NOVEMBER 8, 1997
                         APACHE POINT OBSERVATORY
                              OBSERVING  LOG
                                    ACTUAL
ASTRONOMER   INSTRUMENT   DATE   START FINISH
Harper         GRIM2     11/07   18:31 23:50
Tomany        SPIcam    11/7-8   23:50 05:04
 INST        SCHEDULED      OBS      WEATH     EQUIP   DAY   NOTUSED
I/RS/DN    START FINISH   D    B    D    B    D    B   USE   D    B
UC03/R     18:31 23:50    -   5.2   -    0    -    0    0    -    0
UW12/R     23:50 05:04   0.3  1.1  3.9   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)
The telescope was opened at 17:15 under clear skies.  The (mostly)
good weather continues.
Rhodri Evans was the observer for UC03.  He used GRIM2 for
polarimetry and had a very successful run.
Austin Tomany was the observer for UW12, with SPIcam.  Most of his
time was clouded out by a rather fast moving little storm that was in
central California at sunset!  Austin waited patiently for the weather
to improve.
                                FOCUS LOG
                             NOVEMBER 8 1997
                  Best   Telescope           Wind            Seeing
Time   Inst      Focus    Az  El    #Temp   Dir MPH  filter  FWHM "
17:55  GRIM2  - 25(6481) 162  57   5.1/6.8  282  10    K'     0.7
20:35  GRIM2  - 25(6422) 339  48   4.0/4.6  284   5    K'     0.9
00:15  SPIcam - 40(6175) 297  56   4.2/4.1  292   6   Rjt     0.8
#The first temp is air, the second is truss, both in degrees Celsius
                                 WEATHER
                             NOVEMBER 8 1997
                                   Wind
    Time  Temp F  Dewp. F  MPH.	  Dir.       Dust    Sky          Precip.
     16:01    46    18      3   279  (W)      563   clear          none
     17:01    42    18     14   299  (WNW)    591   clear          none
     18:01    41    17      8   273  (W)      601   clear          none
     19:01    42    18     13   272  (W)      596   clear          none
     20:01    38    19     12   255  (WSW)    542   clear          none
     21:01    39    20     10   271  (W)      478   clear          none
     22:01    39    20     11   272  (W)      589   clear          none
     23:01    39    20     10   312  (NW)     729   clear          none
     00:01    40    19     12   303  (WNW)    831   clear          none
     01:01    40    17     12   303  (WNW)    753  ptly cldy       none
     02:01    40    18     13   270  (W)      414  mstly cldy      none
     03:01    40    21     10   261  (W)      336  mstly cldy      none
     04:01    39    20     10   254  (WSW)    398  overcast        none
     05:01    38    20     13   203  (SSW)    485  overcast        none
     06:01    37    20     14   193  (SSW)    414  overcast        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