Date: Tue, 5 Aug 1997 06:22:20 -0600 (MDT)
From: Tia Hoyes
Subject: 3.5m obslog 970804
                         MONDAY   AUGUST  4, 1997
                         APACHE POINT OBSERVATORY
                              OBSERVING  LOG
                                    ACTUAL
ASTRONOMER   INSTRUMENT   DATE   START FINISH
Hodges         SPICAM     8/04   22:00 06:00
Stubbs         SPICAM     8/05     "     "
Skelton        SPICAM     8/05     "     "
 INST        SCHEDULED      OBS      WEATH     EQUIP   DAY   NOTUSED
I/RS/DN    START FINISH   D    B    D    B    D    B   USE   D    B
UW09/R     21:31 01:12   2.5   0   0.5   0   0.7    0    0    0    0
UW03/R     01:13 01:54    0    0   0.7   0    0    0    0    0    0
UW05/R     01:55 04:48    0    0   2.9   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 telescope was opened at 22:00, as the humidity was too high to open
earlier.
Dan Zucker, Paul Hodge, and Ted Wyder were observing for UW09, UW03, and UW05.
They used SPICAM for the entire evening. We lost communication with the
elevation axis at 23:05.  A host session to the axis was ok, but the TCC
communication to the axis went down.  Charles rebooted the TCC and restarted
the MCnode and we regained communication at 23:45.
We then had to close at 1:10 due to heavy clouds and high humidity, which
persisted for the rest of the evening.
                               FOCUS LOG
                             AUGUST  4,  1997
                Best    Telescope            Wind                 Seeing
Time   Inst     Focus    Az   El   Temp#     Dir  MPH     filter   FWHM "
22:15 SPICAM    -200   181.0 57.0 13.5/16.1  47.2 16.5      B      0.5
22:45 SPICAM    -300    36.3 30.9 13.5/15.3  38.1 13.1      V      2.0
00:00 SPICAM    -100    37.4 39.8 13.1/13.8  49.1 14.8      V      1.5
# The first temp is air, the second is truss, both in degrees C.
                                 WEATHER
			      AUGUST  4,  1997
                                 Wind
    Time   Temp F Dewp.   MPH.    Dir.       DUST     Sky         Precip.
     16:01    66    48     11    67  (ENE)    713 partly cloudy    none
     17:01    65    50     14    96  (E)      828 partly cloudy    none
     18:01    62    50     15    55  (NE)     953 partly cloudy    none
     19:01    59    52     13    55  (NE)    1020 partly cloudy    none
     20:01    56    51     20    52  (NE)     956 partly cloudy    none
     21:01    56    51     21    47  (NE)     855 partly cloudy    none
     22:01    57    49     19    54  (NE)     822 partly cloudy    none
     23:01    57    48     19    46  (NE)     652 partly cloudy  lightning
     00:01    56    50     16    52  (NE)     974 partly cloudy    none
     01:01    56    52     12    55  (NE)     985 mostly cloudy    haze
     02:01    56    52     14    55  (NE)     898 mostly cloudy    haze
     03:01    55    52     14    55  (NE)    1599   overcast       haze
     04:01    55    51     10    36  (NE)    1462   overcast       fog
     05:01    54    52      8    54  (NE)    1896   overcast       fog
     06:01    54    52      8    51  (NE)    2328   overcast       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