Date: Wed, 25 Jun 1997 06:03:40 -0600 (MDT)
From: Tia Hoyes
Subject: 3.5m obslog 970624
                         TUESDAY   JUNE  24, 1997
                         APACHE POINT OBSERVATORY
                              OBSERVING  LOG
                                    ACTUAL
ASTRONOMER   INSTRUMENT   DATE   START FINISH
Lutz           SPICAM   6/24-25  21:40 05:30
 INST        SCHEDULED      OBS      WEATH     EQUIP   DAY   NOTUSED
I/RS/DN    START FINISH   D    B    D    B    D    B   USE   D    B
WS02/R     21:57 04:15   0.5  3.3  1.0  1.5   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 19:25.
Julie began under clear skies working on the WS02 program.  The telescope
began to show trailing in her first images.  We had to close at 22:30 dust to
extremely high dust counts.  We reopened at 01:00.  At this time, Julie saw
some trailing again, so I reinitialized the telescope, and this fixed the
problem.  (Chris Stubbs mentioned a few reasons why this has happened, one
being telescope oscillations)  Julie used the rest of her time to obtain
images using SPICAM. (Julie specified that at 04:07, a large offset in focus
occurred between two short exposures)
Mark Klaene and I spent the early evening testing the Remark slew command
as compared to the TCC track command.  Mark will continue with an attemp to
rectify the communication problem.  (At this time, we are not certain as to
what exactly is occurring, so if you have any questions, please direct them
to Mark.  He informed me he intends to work on it today.)
                               FOCUS LOG
                            JUNE 24  1997
                Best    Telescope            Wind                 Seeing
Time   Inst     Focus    Az   El   Temp#     Dir  MPH     filter   FWHM "
telescope opened @:19:25
21:57 SPICAM -400(6268) 122.1 44.3 14.8/17.8 122.1 6.6      V      -0.5
01:00 SPICAM -350(6210) 197.2 59.5 16.0/16.3 183.0 13.8     V       1.9
03:30 SPICAM -275(6331)  15.8 58.1 14.0/14.2 189.6 5.4      V       1.4
telescope closed @:05:30
# The first temp is air, the second is truss, both in degrees C.
                                 WEATHER
			      JUNE  24  1997
                                 Wind
    Time   Temp F Dewp.   MPH.    Dir.       DUST     Sky         Precip.
     16:01    73    27     21   243  (WSW)    443 mostly clear     none
     17:01    70    23     15   264  (W)      420 mostly clear     none
     18:01    68    20      6   180  (S)      387 mostly clear     none
     19:01    69    22     12   206  (SSW)    337 mostly clear     none
     20:01    64    20      7   191  (S)      351    clear         none
     21:01    61    18      8   192  (SSW)    475    clear         none
     22:01    60    18      7   193  (SSW)   1444    clear         dust
     23:01    60    18      5   209  (SSW)   1814    clear         dust
     00:01    60    14      4   199  (SSW)   1077    clear         dust
     01:01    61    13     13   183  (S)      839    clear         none
     02:01    56    38     15   106  (ESE)    866    clear         none
     03:01    57    25      6   178  (S)      762    clear         none
     04:01    60     9      5   184  (S)      492    clear         none
     05:01    58    24      6    90  (E)      697    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: 2.35a.
Current guide software version: GIm Ctrl SI502 6.3.96.
-Tia