Date: Mon, 16 Mar 1998 04:51:19 -0700 (MST) From: Karen Gloria Subject: 3.5-m obslog 980315 SUNDAY MARCH 15, 1998 APACHE POINT OBSERVATORY OBSERVING LOG ACTUAL ASTRONOMER INSTRUMENT DATE START FINISH Cooray GRIM2 3/15 - - Turner DIS 3/15-16 - - Cooray GRIM2 3/16 - - INST SCHEDULED OBS WEATH EQUIP DAY NOTUSED I/RS/DN START FINISH D B D B D B USE D B UC07/R 19:33 23:30 0 0 1.0 2.9 0 0 0 0 0 PU01/S 23:30 00:10 - 0 - 0.7 - 0 0 - 0 UC07/R 00:10 04:50 - 0 - 4.7 - 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 tonight, due to snow on the enclosure roof. Aside from that the humidity was high all night. The scheduled observers were Asantha Cooray for UC07 and myself for PU01. OBSERVER COMMENTS FOCUS LOG MARCH 15 1997 Best Telescope Wind Seeing Time Inst Focus Az El #Temp Dir MPH filter FWHM " #The first temp is air, the second is truss, both in degrees Celsius WEATHER MARCH 15 1997 Wind Time Temp F Dewp. F MPH. Dir. Dust Sky Precip. 16:01 31 28 11 237 (WSW) 196 mstly cldy none 17:01 30 28 3 209 (SSW) 127 mstly cldy none 18:01 29 25 4 267 (W) 153 ptly cldy none 19:01 28 24 0 269 (W) 201 mstly cldy none 20:01 27 25 6 291 (WNW) 297 ptly cldy none 21:01 27 24 9 315 (NW) 255 ptly cldy none 22:01 26 24 10 330 (NNW) 249 ptly cldy none 23:01 26 23 12 26 (NNE) 526 ptly cldy none 00:01 26 23 7 350 (N) 332 ptly cldy none 01:01 26 23 9 27 (NNE) 256 ptly cldy none 02:01 26 24 16 20 (NNE) 425 ptly cldy none 03:01 26 -- 15 11 (N) 436 scat clds none 04:01 26 23 7 348 (NNW) 325 scat clds 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