Date: Mon, 18 May 1998 05:33:24 -0600 (MDT)
From: Tia Hoyes
Subject: 3.5m obslog 980517
                         SUNDAY   MAY  17, 1998
                         APACHE POINT OBSERVATORY
                              OBSERVING  LOG
                                    ACTUAL
ASTRONOMER       OBSERVER          INSTRUMENT   DATE   START FINISH
Turner            Hoyes                DIS      5/17   ----- -----
Hameed            Hameed               DIS      5/17   ----- -----
Lutz              Lutz                 DIS      5/17   ----- -----
 INST        SCHEDULED      OBS      WEATH     EQUIP   DAY   NOTUSED
I/RS/DN    START FINISH   D    B    D    B    D    B   USE   D    B
PU01/S     21:32 22:12    0    0   0.7   0    0    0    0    0    0
NM03/R     22:12 01:10    0    0   3.0   0    0    0    0    0    0
WS02/R     01:10 04:27    0    0    0   3.3   0    0    0    0    0
(note: times listed include instrument change time)
                               ACTIVITY LOG
The telescope was not open tonight due to overcast skies and high dust counts.
The dust counts were all over the place tonight.  It was never stable.  I
tried the flashlight test to check the dust also, and it seemed very thick all
evening.
Forecast:(4:30am)
TODAY...PARTLY CLOUDY THIS MORNING...MOSTLY CLOUDY IN THE AFTERNOON
WITH WIDELY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS. LIGHT EAST WINDS THIS MORNING
AND SOUTHWEST 10 TO 20 MPH AND GUSTY IN THE AFTERNOON.
.TONIGHT AND TUESDAY...PARTLY CLOUDY WITH WIDELY SCATTERED LATE
AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING THUNDERSTORMS.
(* means a trouble report has been issued or appended to)
                               FOCUS LOG
                             MAY  17, 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
                               MAY  17,  1998
                                 Wind
    Time   Temp F Dewp.   MPH.    Dir.       DUST     Sky         Precip.
     16:01    66    21      7   213  (SSW)    576   overcast       none
     17:01    65    21      5   195  (SSW)    712   overcast       none
     18:01    62    21      6   193  (SSW)    663   overcast       none
     19:01    61    20      5   183  (S)      806   overcast       none
     20:01    60    20      4   185  (S)     1614   overcast       none
     21:01    59    21      4   239  (WSW)   2489   overcast       none
     22:01    59    21      4   182  (S)     3204   overcast       none
     23:01    59    20     27   166  (SSE)   2101 mostly cloudy    none
     00:01    54    30     20   141  (SE)    3994 partly cloudy    none
     01:01    54    32     25   138  (SE)    2089 partly cloudy    none
     02:01    55    32     23   149  (SSE)   2945 partly cloudy    none
     03:01    55    32     21   146  (SE)    3543 partly cloudy    none
     04:01    54    32     19   160  (SSE)   3159 partly cloudy    none
     05:01    55    32     16   167  (SSE)   4133    clearing      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