Date: Wed, 17 Dec 1997 07:36:56 -0700 (MST)
From: Charles Corson
Subject: 3.5m obslog 871216
                             TUESDAY DECEMBER 16, 1997
                          APACHE POINT OBSERVATORY 3.5m
                                 OBSERVING LOG
                                       ACTUAL
   ASTRONOMER      INSTRUMENT   DATE   START FINISH
Chanover	   AOTF	        12/16  16:50 19:20
Chanover	   AOTF         12/16
Corson		   DIS          12/16  19:45 20:00
Wyse		   Grim         12/16  20:30 6:20
    INST        SCHEDULED      OBS      WEATH     EQUIP   DAY   NOTUSED
   I/RS/DN    START FINISH   D    B    D    B    D    B   USE   D    B
NM10/O        16:59 18:27    1.5  0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0
NM10/0        18:27 19:24    0.5  0.5  0    0    0    0    0    0    0
NM09/R        19:24 21:27    0    0.7  0    0    0    0    0    0    0
JH01/O	      21:27 04:15    0    9.4  0    0    0    0    0    0    0
				ACTIVITY/FAILURE   LOG
The dome was opened to clear skies, and appeared photometric
for most of the night.  Nancy Chanover et al., again had
a successful night with AOTF.
Rosie Wyse and G. Gilmore continued their observations with Grim.
Good run, no problems of note besides a few times were Grim would
not carry through with an exposure command.  Subsequent attempts
would succeed.  The seeing was generally 1-1.4 arc-sec, and
fluctuated for most of the night.  We simply made many adjustment
and went with what we could get.
I was able to obtain a small lens data set, two primary targets.
The gamma ray burster was again observed in J and R bands.  The seeing
and focus was much better tonight as compared to the previous, a good
data set.  Nothing of note was seen.
*the hose fittings for the PMS pumps all need clamping.  We are leaking
air.
USER COMMENTS:
Nancy Chanover:
We had another successful evening of observing the Venus night side with
the Goddard AOTF camera.  The seeing did not seem as good as last night,
but the telescope repeated its good tracking on Venus using input velocity
offsets... even to high airmasses.
Rosie Wyse:
An excellent night: weather good, telescope retained focus better than
recently. Grim proving (mostly) reliable, very efficient observing.
As usual, the TO support was excellent.
Some GRB observing for public release at end of night.
The telescope focus drifts are an item worth future work....
				 FOCUS LOG
			      DECEMBER 16, 1997
Time	Inst	Focus		Az  El  Temp	Wind	Filter  FWHM
					deg C   dir mph         arc-sec
19:45	DIS	-230(6045)      243 40  0.0/2.0 15  9    r      2
20:20	Grim	-15(6210)	122 78  3.2/1.8 340 12   K'     0.9
04:25   Spi     -60             19  54  2.9/2.5 26  15   R      0.9
                                WEATHER  LOG
                              DECEMBER 15, 1997
    Time    Temp  Dewpt  Windspeed  Dir     Dust    Sky		Precip.
     16:01    36     9      5   310  (NW)     434   clear       none
     17:01    38   -13      2   354  (N)      193   clear       none
     18:01    34   -13      7   345  (NNW)    266   clear       none
     19:01    32   -20      9   341  (NNW)    264   clear       none
     20:01    34   -22     10    10  (N)      197   clear       none
     21:01    35   -31      5     2  (N)      182   clear       none
     22:01    36   -30      8     4  (N)      179   clear       none
     23:01    36   -31      5     0  (N)      202   clear       none
     00:01    35   -22     12   347  (NNW)    151   clear       none
     01:01    33   -13     12   351  (N)      165   clear       none
     02:01    36   -15     13   357  (N)      154   clear       none
     03:01    37   -24      9     2  (N)      139   clear       none
     04:01    38   -30      7    22  (NNE)    272   clear       none
     05:01    38   -29      3     9  (N)      150   clear       none
     06:01    38   -30     11     1  (N)       98   clear       none
     07:01    38   -31      8   356  (N)      110   clear       none
                              TELESCOPE STATUS
   Operational:  Configured for normal left Nasmyth operation.
   Current Software:  GRIM ICC: grimII.coma(2.5),  Remark: 2.36, TCC: 2.0
   Guider:  GIm Ctrlv3.0b11
Charles