Date: Fri, 9 Oct 1998 05:28:04 -0600
From: long@apo.nmsu.edu (Dan Long)
Subject: 3.5m obslog 981008
                         THURSDAY OCTOBER 8, 1998
                         APACHE POINT OBSERVATORY
                              OBSERVING  LOG
                                                          ACTUAL
ASTRONOMER      OBSERVER(S)        INSTRUMENT   DATE   START FINISH
Gillespie        Long/McMillan       None      10/8    21:30 05:00
 INST        SCHEDULED      OBS      WEATH     EQUIP   DAY   NOTUSED
I/RS/DN    START FINISH   D    B    D    B    D    B   USE   D    B
EN02/S     20:02  05:40  1.2  8.4   0    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)
Russet McMillan and I were the observing specialists for the night.
Tonight the telescope was not ready for normal on sky observing.  The
rotator has not been completely reassembled yet.  It was put back together
enough to allow an eyepiece to be mounted.
Thus most of the night was spent tracking on various objects and checking
for any sudden jumps in axis motion during tracking.  None were observed.
Among the objects observed were Jupiter and Saturn, which were stunning.
Also impressive were M15 and the Saturn Nebula ( planetary nebula ).
                             OBSERVER COMMENTS
"Wow", "Cool", and "Beautiful"  were heard several times during observing
 tonight.
                                 FOCUS LOG
                              OCTOBER 8 1998
                  Best   Telescope           Wind            Seeing
Time   Inst      Focus    Az  El   #Temp    Dir MPH  filter  FWHM "
                           -no focus data-
#The first temp is air, the second is truss, both in degrees Celsius
                                  WEATHER
                              OCTOBER 8 1998
                               Wind
     Time   Temp F Dewp F  MPH  Direction    Dust      Sky      Precip.
     16:01    54    24      1   264  (W)       -      Cirrus
     17:01    55    24      2   228  (SW)      -      Cirrus
     18:01    53    26      0   222  (SW)      -      Cirrus
     19:01    53    18      3   265  (W)       -      Cirrus
     20:01    55     6      1   259  (W)       -      Cirrus
     21:01    53    13      1   259  (W)       -      Cirrus
     22:01    52    11      1   259  (W)       -      Cirrus
     23:01    52    15      1   259  (W)       -      Cirrus
     00:01    53    12      1   259  (W)       -      Cirrus
     01:01    52    19      1   259  (W)       -      Cirrus
     02:01    52    22      1   259  (W)       -      Cirrus
     03:01    50    21      1   259  (W)       -      Cirrus
     04:01    52    18      1   259  (W)       -      Cirrus
     05:01    52    20      1   259  (W)       -      Cirrus
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: 2.42a.
Current guide software version: GIm Ctrlv3.0b15.
-Dan Long, Russet McMillan