Date: Wed, 20 May 1998 06:23:52 -0600 (MDT)
From: Tia Hoyes
Subject: 3.5m obslog 980519
                        TUESDAY   MAY  19, 1998
                         APACHE POINT OBSERVATORY
                              OBSERVING  LOG
                                    ACTUAL
ASTRONOMER       OBSERVER          INSTRUMENT   DATE   START FINISH
Turner             Hoyes             SPICAM     5/19   ----- -----
Hameed            Hameed               DIS      5/19   ----- -----
York             Richards              DIS      5/19   ----- -----
 INST        SCHEDULED      OBS      WEATH     EQUIP   DAY   NOTUSED
I/RS/DN    START FINISH   D    B    D    B    D    B   USE   D    B
PU01/S     21:34 22:14    0    0   0.7   0    0    0    0    0    0
NM03/R     22:14 01:10    0    0   2.9   0    0    0    0    0    0
UC02/R     01:10 04:25    0   1.0  1.4  0.9   0    0    0    0    0
(note: times listed include instrument change time)
                               ACTIVITY LOG
The telescope was not open tonight until 3:30 due to overcast skies and high
dust counts.
I spent part of the evening reviewing with the new observing specialist,
Cameron Hastings.
The Gamma Ray Burst preempted all other observing for the evening.
Chris Stubbs was observing.
Comments:The GRB observations appear to have been successful-once we did open
up we took a stack of 600 sec guided images in 1.8 arcsec seeing.  Many thanks
to our colleagues who were displaced by this program.
Forecast:(4:30am)
.WEDNESDAY...PARTLY CLOUDY...WINDY AND WARM WITH ISOLATED AFTERNOON
THUNDERSTORMS. WEST TO SOUTHWEST WINDS 15-30 MPH AND GUSTY BY
MIDDAY.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...PARTLY CLOUDY WITH ISOLATED EVENING THUNDERSTORMS.
.THURSDAY...PARTLY CLOUDY...BREEZY AND A LITTLE COOLER WITH A FEW
THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON.
(* means a trouble report has been issued or appended to)
                               FOCUS LOG
                             MAY  19, 1998
                Best     Telescope             Wind                 Seeing
Time   Inst     Focus     Az   El   Temp#      Dir  MPH     filter   FWHM "
03:40 SPICAM -500(6207) 15.2 35.9 12.3/13.74  239.0 10.5      R      1.8
# The first temp is air, the second is truss, both in degrees C.
                                 WEATHER
                               MAY  19,  1998
                                 Wind
    Time   Temp F Dewp.   MPH.    Dir.       DUST     Sky         Precip.
     16:01    66    32     19   245  (WSW)   2871   overcast       none
     17:01    63    29     12   276  (W)     3953   overcast       none
     18:01    62    30     11   268  (W)     4137   overcast       none
     19:01    62    25     13   262  (W)     3641 partly cloudy    none
     20:01    60    19     12   248  (WSW)   3006 partly cloudy    none
     21:01    60    20     11   231  (SW)    3055   clearing       none
     22:01    54    33     15   151  (SSE)   3591   clearing       none
     23:01    58    29     15   190  (S)     4346 partly cloudy    none
     00:01    57    30     15   212  (SSW)   4409 partly cloudy    none
     01:01    57    29     15   200  (SSW)   4220 partly cloudy    none
     02:01    57    25     11   187  (S)     4215   clearing       none
     03:01    55    26     12   198  (SSW)   2707   clearing       none
     04:01    55    24      8   263  (W)     2207 light clouds     none
     05:01    55    17      9   267  (W)      868     hazy         none
     06:01    55    20     10   266  (W)     1844     hazy         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: 2.40
Current guide software version:GIm Ctrlv3.0b11.
-Tia