Date: Thu, 29 Jan 1998 07:19:02 -0700 (MST)
From: Charles Corson
Subject: 3.5m obslog 980128
                             Wednesday January 28, 1998
                          APACHE POINT OBSERVATORY 3.5m
                                 OBSERVING LOG
                                       ACTUAL
   ASTRONOMER      INSTRUMENT   DATE   START FINISH
Deutsch		   DIS          1/28   06:25 23:55
Geha		   Spi          1/28   00:25 04:50
Corson             DIS          1/28   --    --
    INST        SCHEDULED      OBS      WEATH     EQUIP   DAY   NOTUSED
   I/RS/DN    START FINISH   D    B    D    B    D    B   USE   D    B
UW09/R	      18:57 00:10    5.2  0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0
NM05/R	      00:10 04:55    4.8  0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0
PU01/O        04:55 05:35    0    0    0    0    0.7  0    0    0    0
                             ACTIVITY/FAILURE   LOG
WSMR used the telescope during the day for tests.  Pointing after
returning to normal configuration was very good.
Eric Deutsch and Bruce Margon observed with DIS both in low res and
imaging mode.  The run went well, good seeing, and serveral targets were
obtained.  I encountered difficulties with both the GMECH controller
and the guider.  The GMECH controller's port had to be cleared several
times via a host session in order to send commands or obtain status (two
time the controller had rebooted). The guider hung while guiding, and
I again had difficulty recovering from the failure (though it
spontaneously healed itself).
Eric wanted to note that the first field that he and Bruce slewed to was
off.  I checked with another pointing correction, and the pointing
star was dead on.  Pointing was good all night.
Maria Geha observed with Spicam again, good seeing and conditions.  No
problems with Spicam, conditions were good, and the guider behaved.
I could not observe for the Turner Lens program due to the dewars being
too warm to immediately cool.  I began pumping on them for cooling later
today.  I had checked the camera and autofill system shortly before
opening, and well into Eric's run, all was fine.  The system had lost
pressure.
OBSERVER COMMENTS:
Eric Deutsch
..good night, everything worked nicely.  On initial slew,
telescope ended up in wildly wrong place.
Maria Geha
It is not clear whether I will be able to do good photometry
with this data, but I think I will achieving other science goals.
				 FOCUS LOG
			      January 28, 1998
Time	Inst	Focus		Az  El  Temp	Wind	Filter  FWHM
            				deg C   dir mph         arc-sec
06:45   DIS     -90(6200)       76  67 3.8/4.9  265  6    r     2.4
20:00   DIS     -60(6210)       85  55 2.8/2.3  311  7    r     1.1
00:30   SPI     -30(6083)       81  74 2.9/2.2   44 12    I     0.9
                                WEATHER  LOG
                              January 28, 1998
    Time    Temp  Dewpt  Windspeed  Dir     Dust    Sky		Precip.
     16:01    40     9      9   275  (W)      427   clear
     17:01    40    11      9   272  (W)      459   clear
     18:01    37     8      9   298  (WNW)    464   clear
     19:01    37     6      9   307  (NW)     397   clear
     20:01    38     5     12   311  (NW)     448   clear
     21:01    38     5     10   306  (NW)     354   clear
     22:01    37     6      8   327  (NNW)    456   clear
     23:01    37     6      6   313  (NW)     478   clear
     00:01    37     3      9    17  (NNE)    447   clear
     01:01    37     3      7     3  (N)      375   clear
     02:01    37     1      4   348  (NNW)    322   clear
     03:01    37     3      9    35  (NE)     338   clear
     04:01    38     3      5   340  (NNW)    458   cirrus
     05:01    38     3      5   349  (NNW)    379   cirrus
     06:01    38     3      6   276  (W)      352   cirrus
                              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