Date: Thu, 18 Dec 1997 07:09:24 -0700 (MST)
From: Charles Corson
Subject: 3.5m obslog 971217
                             WEDNESDAY DECEMBER 17, 1997
                          APACHE POINT OBSERVATORY 3.5m
                                 OBSERVING LOG
                                       ACTUAL
   ASTRONOMER      INSTRUMENT   DATE   START FINISH
Corson		   DIS          12/17  18:00 19:00
Wyse		   Grim         12/17  19:15
    INST        SCHEDULED      OBS      WEATH     EQUIP   DAY   NOTUSED
   I/RS/DN    START FINISH   D    B    D    B    D    B   USE   D    B
PU01/O        18:28 18:56    0.7  0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0
JH01/O	      21:27 04:15    1.7  8.7  0    0    0    0    0    0    0
				ACTIVITY/FAILURE   LOG
We again opened with good conditions and good seeing.  I observed for the
Turner Lens Monitoring project and obtained data on three lens targets.
Rosie Wyse and G. Gilmore observed using Grim.  The seeing and focus
was reasonably stable so, the observing was very efficient.
The GRB optical transient was observed again, R & I bands.  At about
1:00am, cirrus began to move in the clouds remained with us till
shortly before flats were to be observed.  The seeing was good and the
bright star was minimized tonight. The data should go deeper than previous
nights for the R-band, but only a few exposures in I were made.
With the clouds, we tried to concentrate on R.
USER COMMENTS:
Rosie Wyse
No Problems (except for those pesky clouds).
				 FOCUS LOG
			      DECEMBER 17, 1997
Time	Inst	Focus		Az  El  Temp	Wind	Filter  FWHM
					deg C   dir mph         arc-sec
17:55	DIS	-60(6277)       209 57  4.3/5.4 315 14    r      1.2
17:25	Grim	-50(6524)	127 75  4.3/4.5 315 13    J      0.7
23:20   Grim     25(6347)       120 75  4.4/3.9 282 10    K'     0.76
03:35   Spi     -30(6265)       25  61  5.4/5.3 281 14    R      1.1
                                WEATHER  LOG
                              DECEMBER 17, 1997
    Time    Temp  Dewpt  Windspeed  Dir     Dust    Sky		Precip.
     16:01    43   -22      8   323  (NW)     113   clear
     17:01    41   -24      5   311  (NW)      37   clear
     18:01    40   -23     12   301  (WNW)     40   clear
     19:01    38   -16     12   317  (NW)      35   clear
     20:01    40   -19      7   294  (WNW)     66   clear
     21:01    41   -17      7   293  (WNW)     77   clear
     22:01    41   -25     12   303  (WNW)     66   clear
     23:01    38   -12     10   268  (W)       85   clear
     00:01    40    -8      7   269  (W)      104   clear
     01:01    41    -4      7   265  (W)      171   cirrus
     02:01    42   -18     10   279  (W)       99   cirrus
     03:01    43   -21      8   265  (W)       56   cirrus
     04:01    42   -25     15   284  (WNW)     48   cirrus
     05:01    42   -21     13   291  (WNW)     42   cirrus
                              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