Date: Sat, 21 Feb 1998 05:37:29 -0700 (MST)
From: Karen Gloria
Subject: 3.5-m obslog 980220
                         FRIDAY FEBRUARY 20, 1998
                         APACHE POINT OBSERVATORY
                              OBSERVING  LOG
                                    ACTUAL
ASTRONOMER   INSTRUMENT   DATE   START FINISH
Adler           DIS       2/20     -     -
Ford            DIS      2/20-21   -     -
Secker          DIS       2/21
 INST        SCHEDULED      OBS      WEATH     EQUIP   DAY   NOTUSED
I/RS/DN    START FINISH   D    B    D    B    D    B   USE   D    B
UC12/R     17:46 19:16    -    -    -    -    -    -   1.5   -    -
JH03/R     19:16 00:10    0    -   4.9   -    0    -    0    0    -
WS01/R     00:10 05:18    0    0   2.1  3.0   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 telescope was not opened, due to clouds and a dusting of snow.  In
addition, about an inch or so of snow accumulated during the day.
The sky started to clear after 3:00 MST, but I decided not to open,
due to the snow on the enclosure roof.  I tried to melt this off with
the roof heaters and am leaving these on to help the snow melt during
the morning
The DIS pc is returning a udptime error.  Robert Lupton encountered
this late this evening.  This may prevent me from homing the
spectrograph.
SPIcam has been pumping down since the afternoon.  It is down to
4.5E-7, so I've closed the valve to the camera and plan to check the
vacuum this afternoon to see how well it is holding.  If all looks
OK, I will begin cooling.  If there are no problems, the instrument
should be back in service for Sunday evening.
			     OBSERVER COMMENTS
                                FOCUS LOG
                             FEBRUARY 20 1997
                  Best   Telescope           Wind            Seeing
Time   Inst      Focus    Az  El   #Temp    Dir MPH  filter  FWHM "
- none -
#The first temp is air, the second is truss, both in degrees Celsius
                                 WEATHER
                             FEBRUARY 20 1997
                                   Wind
    Time  Temp F  Dewp. F  MPH.	  Dir.       Dust    Sky        Precip.
     16:01    30    20     11   178  (S)      296   overcast     none
     17:01    30    16     16   181  (S)      275   overcast     none
     18:01    31    12     18   181  (S)      311   overcast     none
     19:01    31    12     17   178  (S)      344   overcast     none
     20:01    32    12     19   182  (S)      407   overcast     none
     21:01    30    12     18   132  (SE)     372   overcast     none
     22:01    29    16     17   113  (ESE)    388   overcast     none
     23:01    26    22      0   260  (W)      371   overcast   lt snow
     00:01    24    22     10    89  (E)      382   overcast   flurries
     01:01    24    22      7    92  (E)      480   overcast   flurries
     02:01    24    21      8    86  (E)      476   overcast     none
     03:01    27    18      3   109  (ESE)    448   ptly cldy    none
     04:01    26    19      5    78  (ENE)    495   ptly cldy    none
     05:01    25    19      6   327  (NNW)    406   ptly 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: 2.39.
Current guide software version: GIm Ctrlv3.0b11.
-Karen