Date: Sat, 24 Jan 1998 06:20:52 -0700 (MST)
From: Charles Corson
Subject: 3.5m obslog 980123
                             Friday January 23, 1998
                          APACHE POINT OBSERVATORY 3.5m
                                 OBSERVING LOG
                                       ACTUAL
   ASTRONOMER      INSTRUMENT   DATE   START FINISH
Rodgers		DIS		1/23   18:45 20:00
Holden		DIS		1/23   20:00 05:37
    INST        SCHEDULED      OBS      WEATH     EQUIP   DAY   NOTUSED
   I/RS/DN    START FINISH   D    B    D    B    D    B   USE   D    B
WS03/R        18:53 19:53    1.0  0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0
UC05/R        19:53 5:37     8.2  1.5  0    0    0    0    0    0    0
                             ACTIVITY/FAILURE   LOG
Generally clear skies and very good conditions prevailed.  The seeing was
also very good, sub-arcsec for the most of the night, but degrading
somewhat towards the last quarter.
Bernadette Rodgers observed with DIS.  We were impacted slightly by
an apparent error in the rotator zero position, but that should be
corrected easily tomorrow before observing (effected our ability to
offset east-west on the slit). Otherwise, a good run.
Brad Holden observed with DIS in imaging and spectral mode.  Again,
a very good run with good seeing.
Tests were made with Jeff Morgan's guide camera focus routine.  This
is a TCL script that will provide a correct focus, automatically, for
the guider by running a user specified focus sweep.  It is currently
operational, but is still under evaluation.
OBSERVER COMMENTS:
Bernadette Rodgers
No problems to report.  Everything went smoothly and Karen/Charles were
efficient as always with the slit viewer.  thanks!
Brad Holden
It is really great to see the telescope performing so well and that
all of the work is paying  off.  We can take advantage of the seeing
the site provides.
				 FOCUS LOG
			      January 23, 1998
Time	Inst	Focus		Az  El  Temp	Wind	Filter  FWHM
					deg C   dir mph         arc-sec
18:45	DIS	-90(6040)	162 82 -1.8/0.4 235  0    r     1.3"
20:15	DIS	-50(6090)	212 48 -1.4/-1.2 -   -    r     1.1"
21:20   DIS     -30(5982)	83  64 -1.4/-1.2 310 9    r     0.95"!
22:50	Guider 56,000(5990)     53  55 -1.3/-2.2 305 7    clear 0.85"
01:15	DIS	0(6013)		67  57 -1.1/-2.1 295 8    r     1.2"
                                WEATHER  LOG
                              January 23, 1998
    Time    Temp  Dewpt  Windspeed  Dir     Dust    Sky		Precip.
     16:01    34    16      7   233  (SW)     371   clear
     17:01    31    15      6   266  (W)      288   clear
     18:01    27    14      2   264  (W)      432   clear
     19:01    29    14      0   226  (SW)     300   clear
     20:01    29    13      6   304  (NW)     324   clear
     21:01    29    13      6   292  (WNW)    343   clear
     22:01    29    13      8   296  (WNW)    293   clear
     23:01    30    14      9   308  (NW)     425   clear
     00:01    32    13     12   311  (NW)     200   clear
     01:01    30    13      7   299  (WNW)    282   clear
     02:01    31    12     10   304  (NW)     290   clear
     03:01    28    14      5   253  (WSW)    275   clear
     04:01    27    14      8   242  (WSW)    620   clear
     05:01    30    12     13   245  (WSW)    330   clear
                              TELESCOPE STATUS
   Operational:  Configured for normal left Nasmyth operation.
   Current Software:  GRIM ICC: grimII.coma(2.5),  Remark: 2.36, TCC: 2.36
   Guider:  GIm Ctrlv3.0b11
Charles