From: "Camron Hastings"
Subject: 3.5-meter Night Log 981014
Date: Thu, 15 Oct 1998 04:33:03 -0600
			     Wednesday, October 14th 1998
			     APACHE   POINT  OBSERVATORY
				 3.5-meter Observing Log
                                 ACTUAL
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ASTRONOMER      OBSERVER(S)      INSTRUMENT     DATE     START  FINISH
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E.Turner        K.Gloria         SPIcam        10/14     19:53  20:43
G.Magnier	    G.Magnier	   SPIcam        10/14-15  20:43  05:45
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 INST        SCHEDULED       OBS      WEATH     EQUIP    DAY   NOTUSED
I/RS/DN    START  FINISH   D    B    D    B    D    B    USE   D    B
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PU01/S     19:53  20:43   0.8   -    0    0    0    0     0    0    0
UW08/R     20:43  05:45   7.0  1.2   0   0.8   0    0     0    0    0
                     -------- ACTIVITY LOG --------
1st half observing specialist: Karen Gloria
	The telescope was opened at 18:25 MDT.  The sky was clear early in the
evening, but became cirrusy later on.  Gene Magnier and I were using the
same filter set, which was very convenient.  I gave him some of my
twilight time to do SPIcam tests in exchange for his twilight flats. I
observed two lenses for PU01.  The seeing was variable, from 1.1 to 1.8
arcsec at times.  There were no problems with either the
instrument or the telescope.
2nd half observing specialist: Camron Hastings
	I took over with everything running smoothly. Cirrus had set in by this
time though. Seeing improved a bit, though still not stable at around
1.0". All pieces of software worked well, such as the guider monitor and
cloud camera. Nothing to report problem wise.
	The clouds moved in near morning and finally stopped Gene from further
observing.
   				        FOCUS LOG
                            October 14th 1998
                 Best     Telescope   Temp      Wind           Seeing
Time   Instrmt   Focus     Az  El    Air/Truss  Dir MPH  filter  FWHM"
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19:30  SPIcam  -100(6608) 120  43   13.1/14.4   240 18   sdss-r' 1.2"
19:40  guider 53067(6597) 128  46   12.9/14.2   255 18   R+ND2   1.5"
19:45  SPIcam  -100(6492) 125  46   12.4/14.1   240 14   sdss-r' 1.3"
20:00  guider 48232(6481) 128  48   13.1/13.7   246 11   none    1.4"
23:25  SPIcam  -075(6448) 047  78   13.1/12.6   221 19   sdss-g' 1.1"
03:50  SPIcam  -125(6445) -63  46   10.9/11.2   247 13   sdss-g' 1.1"
                               WEATHER LOG
                            October 14th 1998
                                  Wind
     Time   Temp-F Dewp-F MPH   Direction    Dust      Sky      Precip
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     16:01    61    36     15   225  (SW)     249     cirrus     none
     17:01    62    34     16   221  (SW)     219     cirrus     none
     18:01    59    30     13   270  (W)      220     clear      none
     19:01    56    27     12   258  (WSW)    236     clear      none
     20:01    55    26      9   253  (WSW)    207     clear      none
     21:01    54    27     17   217  (SW)     207     clear      none
     22:01    55    29     18   212  (SSW)    198     cirrus     none
     23:01    55    30     18   232  (SW)     267     cirrus     none
     00:01    55    28     11   226  (SW)     223     cirrus     none
     01:01    54    28     22   233  (SW)     233     cirrus     none
     02:01    53    27     17   240  (WSW)    179     cirrus     none
     03:01    52    28     15   263  (W)      173     cirrus     none
     04:01    52    28     14   239  (WSW)    223     cirrus     none
     05:01    51    28     20   237  (WSW)    149   altocumulus  none
note: the wind was coming from the azimuth listed.  The convention
used is north=0 degrees, east=90 degrees. The dust count is for the
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: 2.42a
Current guide software version: GIm Ctrl v3.0b 15.out
- Karen Gloria, Camron Hastings