From: "Camron Hastings"
Subject: 3.5-meter night log 981204
Date: Sun, 6 Dec 1998 08:37:15 -0700
			     Saturday, December 5th 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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Turner          Gloria           DIS            12/5     18:24  19:14
Strauss         Fan, Richards    DIS            12/5-6   19:14  00:10
York            Various          Echelle        12/6     00:10  05:24
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 INST        SCHEDULED     WEATH     EQUIP      OBS      DAY   NOTUSED
I/RS/DN    START  FINISH   D    B    D    B    D    B    USE   D    B
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PU01/S     18:24  19:14   0.8   -    0    -    0    -     0    0    -
PU02/R     19:14  00:10   0.2  4.7   0    0    0    0     0    0    0
EN03/S     00:10  05:24    -   5.2   -    0    -    0     0    -    0
                     -------- ACTIVITY LOG --------
1st half Observing Specialist: Karen Gloria
    The telescope was not opened the first half of the night, due to
clouds.
2nd half Observing Specialist: Camron Hastings
    The telescope stayed closed second half due to snow, wind, etc...
The snow began hard at around 00:00. Karen started the snow program at
23:50 before leaving and I monitored it all night, shutting it off
before I left. I pointed the dome south and left the heaters on as it
cleared up and the sun came out.
    I fired up the tractor and cleared the sidewalks and the upper and
lower parking lots this morning. There was no sign of the Sunspot plow
as of 08:30 this morning. I spent an hour getting the Kubota put back in
"plow" mode. It would be nice if it was left with the plow on and backed
into the garage for nights such as these. The waste of 45 minutes just
getting it put together makes one grumpy after being up all night.
   				       FOCUS LOG
                           December 5th 1998
                   Best    Telescope  Temp (C)    Wind          Seeing
 Time  Instrmt    Focus     Az   El   Air/Truss  Dir MPH  filter FWHM"
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           ----------- No Focus Data This Evening ----------
                               WEATHER LOG
                            December 5th 1998
                                  Wind
     Time   Temp-F Dewp-F MPH   Direction    Dust      Sky      Precip
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     16:01    37    18     25   227  (SW)           mstly cldy   none
     17:01    36    18     19   235  (SW)           mstly cldy   none
     18:01    35    18     29   216  (SW)            overcast    none
     19:01    35    17     16   214  (SW)            overcast    none
     20:01    34    18     18   257  (WSW)           overcast    none
     21:01    32    21     16   258  (WSW)           overcast    none
     22:01    29    23     15   286  (WNW)          mstly cldy   none
     23:01    27    24     26   271  (W)             overcast    none
     00:01    24    24     20   282  (WNW)           overcast    snow
     01:01    23    23     29   272  (W)             overcast    snow
     02:01    21    20     25   251  (WSW)           overcast    snow
     03:01    20    19     24   257  (WSW)           overcast    snow
     04:01    19    18     27   275  (W)             overcast    snow
     05:01    20    18     14   283  (WNW)           overcast    none
     06:01    19    18     11   301  (WNW)           overcast    none
     07:01    19    18      8   322  (NW)            ptly cldy   none
     08:01    19    17     15   342  (NNW)            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 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
- KAG, NCH