From: "Camron Hastings"
Subject: 3.5 meter Night Log 980605
Date: Sat, 6 Jun 1998 04:49:46 -0600
			        Friday, June 5th, 1998
			     APACHE   POINT  OBSERVATORY
				 3.5-Meter Observing Log
                                 ACTUAL
 ASTRONOMER      OBSERVER(S)      INSTRUMENT    DATE     START  FINISH
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C. Stubbs	     P. Palunas		GFP*	     6/5-6	   21:49  03:20
E. Turner	     C. Hastings		SPIcam	6/6      03:50  04:15
* Goddard Fabery-Perot imager
 INST        SCHEDULED       OBS      WEATH     EQUIP    DAY   NOTUSED
I/RS/DN    START FINISH    D    B    D    B    D    B    USE   D    B
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UW09/S     21:49 03:20     0   5.9   0    0    0   .6     0    0    0
PU01/S     03:50 04:15    .4    -    0    -    0    -     0    0    0
(note: times listed include instrument change time)
                               ACTIVITY LOG
	The telescope opened this evening at 19:30 hours, skies were clear
and the winds calm. Upon closing the mirror covers last night, and upon
opening them this morning, it was noticed that occasionally one would
hesitate, and lag behind the others in its group. The incident occurred
with two different cover sections each time, so I do not believe it is
inherent to one particular cover. The covers did open completely.
	The GFP was online again this evening. It seems as if they had a
good night for seeing, it reached a best of .8"!
	We did have MULTIPLE MAC CRASHES (3) early on. Email has been sent
to the programmer, and trouble reports filed. The reboots were fast and we
were soon on the sky again.
Cam
			         OBSERVER'S COMMENTS
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Again, they retired before comments were mailed, though I know they
were working on them. Will add them to tomorrows log. I do know that
they were unhappy with the frequent Mac crashes, and the poor tracking
at zenith.
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It took quite a while to focus, as I did not believe that again the
seeing went from nice, .9", to less nice, 1.4" in the time it took
to switch instruments! Other than that, no probs on my shift...
Camron Hastings
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                               FOCUS LOG
                            June 5th, 1998
                 Best     Telescope   Temp      Wind           Seeing
Time   Instr     Focus     Az  El   Air/Truss   Dir MPH  filter  FWHM"
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21:15  GFP    +225/6558   125  82  11.8/13.6    238  15  7964 A   .85"
22:02  Guider    55100    224  84  12.0/12.6    249  14    -      .85"
23:12  GFP    +250/6445   263  69  11.9/12.3    268  12  7964 A   .82"
23:25  Guider    5700     264  68  12.0/12.2    260  12    -      .89"
03:40  SPIcam -280/6292   116  39   9.9/11.8    267   8    g'    1.34"
                               WEATHER LOG
                             June 5th, 1998
                                  Wind
     Time   Temp-F Dewp-F MPH   Direction    Dust      Sky      Precip
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     16:01    59    15     16   269  (W)      644     Clear      None
     17:01    60    16     19   244  (WSW)    712     Clear      None
     18:01    59    15     18   267  (W)      859     Clear      None
     19:01    59    13     15   262  (W)      818     Clear      None
     20:01    55    10     14   268  (W)      790     Clear      None
     21:01    54    10     13   248  (WSW)    811     Clear      None
     22:01    54    10     12   266  (W)      724     Clear      None
     23:01    53     9     10   264  (W)      706     Clear      None
     00:01    53    11      4   231  (SW)     614     Clear      None
     01:01    53    11     10   272  (W)      691     Clear      None
     02:01    52    12     11   267  (W)      652     Clear      None
     03:01    52    12      9   268  (W)      644     Clear      None
     04:01    51    14      6   233  (SW)     596     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 for the
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
- Camron Hastings