Date: Wed, 1 Jul 1998 05:04:12 -0600 (MDT) From: Tia Hoyes Subject: 3.5m obslog 980630 TUESDAY JUNE 30, 1998 APACHE POINT OBSERVATORY OBSERVING LOG ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER INSTRUMENT DATE START FINISH Stubbs Palunas GFP 6/30 ----- ----- Zucker Zucker SPICAM 6/30 ----- ----- INST SCHEDULED OBS WEATH EQUIP DAY NOTUSED I/RS/DN START FINISH D B D B D B USE D B UW09/S 21:57 01:10 0 0 0.4 2.8 0 0 0 0 0 UW06/R 01:10 04:17 0 0 3.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 (note: times listed include instrument change time) ACTIVITY LOG The telescope was open tonight at 19:00 and closed at 20:15 due to dust. Povilas Palunas and Meena Sahu were on site with the GFP instrument. They were shut out by dust, high winds, and increasing humidity. Dan Zucker was available for the second half of the evening. He was also shut out by the bad weather. (* means a trouble report has been issued or appended to) FOCUS LOG JUNE 30, 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 JUNE 30, 1998 Wind Time Temp F Dewp. MPH. Dir. DUST Sky Precip. 16:01 73 36 10 65 (ENE) 1952 light clouds none 17:01 72 39 17 83 (E) 2035 light clouds none 18:01 70 42 8 77 (ENE) 2241 cirrus none 19:01 69 43 18 76 (ENE) 2600 cirrus none 20:01 67 45 16 81 (E) 2980 cirrus none 21:01 64 48 25 73 (ENE) 3517 cirrus none 22:01 61 52 25 73 (ENE) 4530 cirrus none 23:01 59 51 14 76 (ENE) 4363 cirrus none 00:01 59 51 24 70 (ENE) 4247 cirrus none 01:01 59 51 23 67 (ENE) 4802 cirrus none 02:01 58 50 2 336 (NNW) 5152 cirrus none 03:01 57 50 0 243 (WSW) 4636 cirrus none 04:01 56 52 13 83 (E) 4891 cirrus none 05:01 56 49 16 78 (ENE) 3362 cirrus 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: 2.41a Current guide software version:GIm Ctrl v3.0b 15.out -Tia