Date: Thu, 31 Jul 1997 05:23:02 -0600 (MDT)
From: Karen Gloria
Subject: 3.5-m obslog 970730
                         WEDNESDAY JULY 30, 1997
                         APACHE POINT OBSERVATORY
                              OBSERVING  LOG
                                    ACTUAL
ASTRONOMER   INSTRUMENT   DATE   START FINISH
Hameed          DIS     7/30-31    -     -
Kron           GRIM2      7/31     -     -
 INST        SCHEDULED      OBS      WEATH     EQUIP   DAY   NOTUSED
I/RS/DN    START FINISH   D    B    D    B    D    B   USE   D    B
NM01/R     21:37 01:10    0    -   3.6   -    0    -    0    0    -
UC02/R     01:10 04:43    0    0   2.8  0.7   0    0    0    0    0
(note: times listed include instrument change time)
                               ACTIVITY LOG
(* means a trouble report has been issued or appended to)
Due to clouds, high humidity, fog, and occasional rain, the telescope
was not opened.
The observers were Nick Devereux for NM01 and Marianne Takamiya and
Mark Chun for UC02.  Nick gave up his time early on, as he needed the
sky to be photometric.  Marianne and Mark remained on call.
Tia Hoyes and I did some prep work on parts for the new primary mirror
ventilation tubes to be installed during the shutdown.
Telescope usage statistics for the period 7/24/97 through 7/30/97:
                                DARK    BRIGHT
Hrs. lost to weather            26.2	20.2
Hrs. lost to equip. failure      0.0	 0.0
Useful hours                     1.9	 0.9
Total hours                     28.1    21.1
Percentages of total dark and bright hours:
% lost to weather		   94.3%
% lost to equip. failure            0.0%
% useful hours                      5.7%
                                FOCUS LOG
                              JULY 30 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 Celsius
                                 WEATHER
                               JULY 30 1997
                                   Wind
    Time  Temp F  Dewp. F  MPH.	  Dir.       Dust    Sky          Precip.
     16:01    62    52     13   132  (SE)    2110  mstly cldy      fog
     17:01    59    51     14   106  (ESE)   1699  mstly cldy      fog
     18:01    57    54      8    92  (E)     2109  mstly cldy      fog
     19:01    57    51     17   108  (ESE)   1915  mstly cldy      none
     20:01    57    49     15   114  (ESE)   1751  ptly cldy       none
     21:01    56    50     13    93  (E)     1763  ptly cldy       none
     22:01    55    50     10   180  (S)     1896  overcast        rain
     23:01    54    50     15   148  (SSE)   2078  overcast        rain
     00:01    53    53     16   115  (ESE)   2188  overcast      lt rain
     01:01    54    51     18   109  (ESE)   2061  overcast        fog
     02:01    53    50     15   177  (S)     2141  mstly cldy      none
     03:01    51    51     20   118  (ESE)   1477  overcast        fog
     04:01    53    51     19   114  (ESE)   3527  ptly cldy       none
     05:01    54    50     20   155  (SSE)   3132  ptly cldy       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: GImCtrl.1 6.21.97.
-Karen