Date: Sat, 10 Oct 1998 07:18:55 -0600
From: long@apo.nmsu.edu (Dan Long)
Subject: 3.5m obslog 981009
                          FRIDAY OCTOBER 9, 1998
                         APACHE POINT OBSERVATORY
                              OBSERVING  LOG
                                                          ACTUAL
ASTRONOMER      OBSERVER(S)        INSTRUMENT   DATE   START FINISH
Gillespie        Long/McMillan     GRIM/SPICAM  10/9    19:10 01:00
Dalcanton        Dalcanton         GRIM         10/10   01:18 06:30
 INST        SCHEDULED      OBS      WEATH     EQUIP   DAY   NOTUSED
I/RS/DN    START FINISH   D    B    D    B    D    B   USE   D    B
UC09/R     18:29  19:59   0    0    0    0    0    0   1.5   0    0
EN02/S     19:59  01:03  2.2  2.9   0    0    0    0    0    0    0
UW03/R     01:03  05:42   0   4.7   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)
   The Adler program was cancelled for tonight.  The dome was opened at
around 16:30.  The weather was beautiful tonight with clear skies and
light winds.
   Russet McMillan and I were the observing specialists for the night.
The rotator was reassembled and zeroed at the beginning of the evening.  We
did instrument block measurements for GRIMII and SPIcam.  In the case of
GRIM, we made some very small changes -- 1.29 degrees subtracted from the
instrument angle rot_inst_ang, and .0005 degrees adjustment inthe
boresight, rot_inst_xy.  For SPIcam the changes were so negligible we stuck
with the previous instrument block measurements.
   The engineering time that remained after the instrument blocks were
completed was used for training Russet on SPIcam and the lens monitoring
program.
   Julianne Dalcanton was the observer for the second half.  She took
data on 3 more edge on galaxies in K short with GRIM.  Over 1200 images
were obtained.  Julianne commented that things went smoothly for her
tonight.
   Wind data were not available in the weather log because a cow chewed
through the cable, but it was quite obvious on casual observation that the
wind speed was far below the limit.
                                 FOCUS LOG
                              OCTOBER 9 1998
                  Best    Telescope           Wind            Seeing
Time   Inst       Focus     Az  El   #Temp    Dir MPH  filter  FWHM "
19:21 GRIM f/5 -175(6599)   54 62.0  12.4/14.3  ???       K     1.47
21:35 SPIcam    -75(6463)  161 71.5  12.7/12.7  ???       r'    0.95
23:05 SPIcam    -50(6515)  200 58.5  12.5/12.8  ???       r'    0.97
01:18 GRIM f/5    0(6739)  215 60.8  13.1/13.1  ???    K short  1.29
#The first temp is air, the second is truss, both in degrees Celsius
                                  WEATHER
                              OCTOBER 9 1998
                               Wind
     Time   Temp F Dewp F  MPH  Direction    Dust      Sky      Precip.
     16:01    63    31                                Clear     None
     17:01    62    28                                Clear     None
     18:01    58    28                                Clear     None
     19:01    56    27                                Clear     None
     20:01    54    27                                Clear     None
     21:01    55    27                                Clear     None
     22:01    55    27                                Clear     None
     23:01    55    27                                Clear     None
     00:01    56    26                                Clear     None
     01:01    56    25                                Clear     None
     02:01    54    27                                Clear     None
     03:01    54    27                                Clear     None
     04:01    54    27                                Clear     None
     05:01    53    24                                Clear     None
     06:01    53    24                                Clear     None
     07:01    51    24                                Clear     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: 2.42a.
Current guide software version: GIm Ctrlv3.0b15.
-Dan Long, Russet McMillan