Date: Sat, 10 Jan 1998 06:17:12 -0700 (MST)
From: Karen Gloria
Subject: 3.5-m obslog 980109
                          FRIDAY JANUARY 9, 1998
                         APACHE POINT OBSERVATORY
                              OBSERVING  LOG
                                    ACTUAL
ASTRONOMER   INSTRUMENT   DATE   START FINISH
Turner          DIS       1/9    18:42 19:22
Harper         GRIM2     1/9-10  19:22 00:10
York           SPIcam     1/10   00:10 00:35
 INST        SCHEDULED      OBS      WEATH     EQUIP   DAY   NOTUSED
I/RS/DN    START FINISH   D    B    D    B    D    B   USE   D    B
PU01/S     18:42 19:22    -   0.7   -    0    -    0    0    -    0
UC09/R     19:22 00:10    -   4.8   -    0    -    0    0    -    0
UC01/R     00:10 05:39    0   0.4  0.6  4.5   -    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 17:20 MST.  The observers were myself for
PU01, Rhodri Evans for UC09, and Connie Rockosi for UC01.
I observed two gravitational lenses for PU01.  Rhodri did polarimetry
with GRIM2 (see below).  The sky clouded over right after Connie got
on the telescope, so she wasn't able to get any data (the telescope
was closed at 00:35 MST).  the sky remained cloudy for the rest of the
night.
			     OBSERVER COMMENTS
Rhodri Evans:  "I was scheduled on the telescope from 19:35 until 23:55
using GRIM II to do imaging polarimetry in K' of the reflection nebula
NGC 1999. For once I was lucky with the weather, my time remained
almost perfectly clear, apart from some thin broken cloud/cirrus
around 22:00. The instrument and polarimeter worked well, my scripts
only hung a couple of times which is about normal for several hours of
running them, so on the whole I am very pleased with the way my
allotted time went. I think I obtained good data, and the instruments
and telescope worked without any problems."
                                FOCUS LOG
                             JANUARY 9 1997
                  Best   Telescope           Wind            Seeing
Time   Inst      Focus    Az  El   #Temp    Dir MPH  filter  FWHM "
18:20  DIS    +50(6205)  244  40 -1.4/-0.9  270  11    r      1.4
19:30  GRIM2  -25(6206)  126  34 -2.0/-2.0  225  12    K'     0.9
#The first temp is air, the second is truss, both in degrees Celsius
                                 WEATHER
                             JANUARY 9 1997
                                   Wind
    Time  Temp F  Dewp. F  MPH.	  Dir.       Dust    Sky        Precip.
     16:01    33     7      5   275  (W)      128   clear        none
     17:01    29     1      7   287  (WNW)    112   clear        none
     18:01    29     6     15   292  (WNW)    153   clear        none
     19:01    29    12      9   257  (WSW)    257   clear        none
     20:01    28    13     13   229  (SW)     241   clear        none
     21:01    28    13      8   207  (SSW)    211   clear        none
     22:01    29    13     16   264  (W)      153   cirrus       none
     23:01    29    17     10   266  (W)      115   clear        none
     00:01    29    17     11   270  (W)      105   clear        none
     01:01    29    18     12   269  (W)      119  mstly cldy    none
     02:01    30    17     13   277  (W)      139  mstly cldy   flurries
     03:01    30    17     10   260  (W)      187  mstly cldy    none
     04:01    30    18     10   265  (W)      196  mstly cldy    none
     05:01    29    18     12   279  (W)      227  mstly cldy    none
     06:01    29    21     12   273  (W)      163  mstly 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: GIm Ctrlv3.0b11.
-Karen