Date: Thu, 19 Mar 1998 05:42:12 -0700 (MST)
From: Karen Gloria
Subject: 3.5-m obslog 980318
                         WEDNESDAY MARCH 18, 1998
                         APACHE POINT OBSERVATORY
                              OBSERVING  LOG
                                    ACTUAL
ASTRONOMER   INSTRUMENT   DATE   START FINISH
Tsvetlanov     SPIcam     3/18     -     -
Konigl         GRIM2     3/18-19 22:45 00:30
 INST        SCHEDULED      OBS      WEATH     EQUIP   DAY   NOTUSED
I/RS/DN    START FINISH   D    B    D    B    D    B   USE   D    B
DD01/R     19:35 21:05    0    -   1.5   -    0    -    0    0    -
UC13/R     21:05 04:46   0.5  1.3  1.7  4.2   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 opened at 22:45 MST.  Opening was delayed by clouds,
wind and humidity.  We had another day of fog, snow and some graupel
until late in the day.  I checked the enclosure roof after the weather
ended and there was no snow on top of the enclosure, just some patches
of ice.  The wind had blown all the snow off.  I closed at 00:30 MST,
due to high winds.  I was a bit conservative with the wind limit, due
to the blowing snow on the ground.
The observers were Zlatan Tsvetlanov for DD01, and Tsevi Matzeh for
UC13.  Zlatan's program was clouded out.
			     OBSERVER COMMENTS
                                FOCUS LOG
                              MARCH 18 1997
                  Best   Telescope           Wind            Seeing
Time   Inst      Focus    Az  El   #Temp    Dir MPH  filter  FWHM "
23:00  GRIM2  -275(5721) 176  64 -6.2/-4.4   62  16  J f/10   1.1
#The first temp is air, the second is truss, both in degrees Celsius
                                 WEATHER
                              MARCH 18 1997
                                   Wind
    Time  Temp F  Dewp. F  MPH.	  Dir.       Dust     Sky       Precip.
     16:01    29    28     24   266  (W)      533     fog      lt snow
     17:01    24    24     21   310  (NW)      25     fog      lt snow
     18:01    20    19      7   335  (NNW)    374   overcast     none
     19:01    20    16     12   314  (NW)     352   overcast     none
     20:01    22    13     15   308  (NW)     334   mstly cldy   none
     21:01    23     9     17   327  (NNW)    264   mstly cldy   none
     22:01    22     4     15   308  (NW)     233   overcast     none
     23:01    20     6     16   337  (NNW)    237    clear       none
     00:01    21     5      9   347  (NNW)    257    clear       none
     01:01    21     5     14     8  (N)      261    clear       none
     02:01    20     7     26    10  (N)      296    clear       none
     03:01    21    74     31    12  (NNE)    317    clear       none
     04:01    20     8     24    23  (NNE)    363    clear       none
     05:01    20     8     27    27  (NNE)    277    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: 2.39.
Current guide software version: GIm Ctrlv3.0b11.
-Karen