Date: Wed, 9 Jul 1997 05:29:20 -0600 (MDT)
From: Charles Corson
Subject: 3.5m obslog 970708
                           TUESDAY JULY 8, 1997
                         APACHE POINT OBSERVATORY
                              OBSERVING  LOG
                                    ACTUAL
ASTRONOMER   INSTRUMENT   DATE   START FINISH
Bell	     Grim         7/8    22:20 23:20
Hodge        Spicam       7/9    01:07 05:30
 INST        SCHEDULED      OBS      WEATH     EQUIP   DAY   NOTUSED
I/RS/DN    START FINISH   D    B    D    B    D    B   USE   D    B
UC05/R     21:55 01:07    0    0.4  1.8  0.4  0    0    0    0    0
UW11/R     01:07 03:19    3.3  0    0    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 site recieved some rain late in the afternoon and early evening.
Overcast skies prevented us from opening right away.
The dome was opened at 22:20 with cirrus covering most of the sky, but no
threat to the telescope.  Seeing was good, ~1arc-sec.  Eric Bell's
targets were too faint for the conditions, but the limited open time was
used for general re-familiarization of the telescope and instrument.
Conditions soon warrented closing again and the dome was closed at 23:20.
The dome was reopened at 00:45, but the sky was still uniformly covered
with cirrus, 2 orders of mag extinction.
The azimuth axis had several `overshoots'.  These occured while issuing
slew via remark or with the TCC track command.  Impact on observing was
minimal, but the frequency at which these occure is alarming.
                                FOCUS LOG
                              JULY 8, 1997
                  Best   Telescope           Wind            Seeing
Time   Inst      Focus    Az  El    #Temp    Dir MPH  filter  FWHM "
22:30  Grim  -190(6520)  258  75   16.1/16.3 5   1    K'      1.1
01:10  DIS   -400(6169)  280  44   12.4/15.0 68  8    r       1.8
#The first temp is air, the second is truss, both in degrees Celsius
                                 WEATHER
                               JULY 8, 1997
                                   Wind
    Time  Temp F  Dewp. F  MPH.	  Dir.       Dust    Sky          Precip.
     16:01    64    43      1   198  (SSW)    748   Mstly Cldy    rain
     17:01    59    42      8    49  (NE)    1038   Overcast      rain
     18:01    57    44     11    48  (NE)     952   Mstly Cldy    rain
     19:01    58    44      1   335  (NNW)    990   Prtly Cldy    none
     20:01    57    41     14    36  (NE)     728   Prtly Cldy    rain
     21:01    60    37      4   357  (N)     1502   Cirrus        none
     22:01    61    36      1     3  (N)     1064   Cirrus        none
     23:01    61    35      0   133  (SE)     988   Cirrus        none
     00:01    59    36      8   100  (E)      947   Cirrus        none
     01:01    55    40      7    89  (E)      685   Cirrus        none
     02:01    54    43     14   101  (E)      930   Cirrus        none
     03:01    55    44     16   125  (SE)     822   Cirrus        none
     04:01    54    43     11   143  (SE)     949   Cirrus        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.
-Charles