Date: Thu, 26 Mar 1998 05:25:34 -0700 (MST)
From: Tia Hoyes
Subject: 3.5m obslog 980325
                       WEDNESDAY   MARCH  25, 1998
                         APACHE POINT OBSERVATORY
                              OBSERVING  LOG
                                    ACTUAL
ASTRONOMER   INSTRUMENT   DATE   START FINISH
Hameed           DIS      3/25   ----  ----
Turner           DIS      3/25   ----  ----
Beck-Winchatz  SPICAM     3/25   ----  ----
 INST        SCHEDULED      OBS      WEATH     EQUIP   DAY   NOTUSED
I/RS/DN    START FINISH   D    B    D    B    D    B   USE   D    B
NM04/S     19:41 23:40    0    0   4.0   0    0    0    0    0    0
PU01/S     23:40 00:10    0    0   0.5   0    0    0    0    0    0
UW02/R     00:10 04:36    0    0   4.4   0    0    0    0    0    0
(note: times listed include instrument change time)
                               ACTIVITY LOG
The telescope was not open to night due to overcast skies, high winds, and
high dust counts.
Latest Forecast:(4:30AM)
.TODAY...WINDY WITH SCATTERED MAINLY AFTERNOON SHOWERS AND ISOLATED
THUNDERSTORMS. SOUTHWEST WINDS INCREASING TO 20 TO 35 MPH AND
GUSTY...BECOMING WEST IN THE AFTERNOON.
.TONIGHT...WINDY DURING THE EVENING WITH PARTLY CLOUDY SKIES AND
SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS. WEST WINDS 20 TO 30 MPH
DIMINISHING AFTER MIDNIGHT.
.FRIDAY...PARTLY CLOUDY AND BREEZY WITH WEST WINDS 15 TO 25 MPH.
(* means a trouble report has been issued or appended to)
                               FOCUS LOG
                            MARCH  25, 1998
                Best     Telescope             Wind                 Seeing
Time   Inst     Focus     Az   El   Temp#      Dir  MPH     filter   FWHM "
------NO FOCUS DATA--------
# The first temp is air, the second is truss, both in degrees C.
                                 WEATHER
                             MARCH  25,  1998
                                 Wind
    Time   Temp F Dewp.   MPH.    Dir.       DUST     Sky         Precip.
     16:01    55    18     16   260  (W)      851  partly cloudy   none
     17:01    54    17     13   262  (W)      860  partly cloudy   none
     18:01    50    17     10   222  (SW)    1065  partly cloudy   none
     19:01    48    18     20   222  (SW)    4253  partly cloudy   none
     20:01    47    18     18   203  (SSW)   2914  partly cloudy   none
     21:01    48    18     16   191  (S)     3394  partly cloudy   none
     22:01    48    18     16   199  (SSW)   3352  partly cloudy   none
     23:01    48    18     12   244  (WSW)   1452  partly cloudy   none
     00:01    49    19      9   271  (W)     1834    overcast      none
     01:01    48    19     15   177  (S)     1720    overcast      none
     02:01    46    23     15   194  (SSW)   1309    overcast      none
     03:01    44    22     24   201  (SSW)   1551    overcast      none
     04:01    45    23     24   209  (SSW)   1307    overcast      none
     05:01    44    23     21   205  (SSW)   1377    overcast      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.
-Tia