Date: Fri, 14 Aug 1998 05:20:25 -0600
From: tia@tycho.apo.nmsu.edu (Tia Hoyes)
Subject: 3.5m obslog 980813
                        THURSDAY   AUGUST 13, 1998
                         APACHE POINT OBSERVATORY
                              OBSERVING  LOG
                                    ACTUAL
ASTRONOMER       OBSERVER          INSTRUMENT   DATE   START FINISH
York              Richards           DIS        8/13   19:30 05:05
 INST        SCHEDULED      OBS      WEATH     EQUIP   DAY   NOTUSED
I/RS/DN    START FINISH   D    B    D    B    D    B   USE   D    B
UC01/R     21:20 04:56   2.6  5.0   0    0    0    0    0    0    0
(note: times listed include instrument change time)
                               ACTIVITY LOG
The telescope was opened tonight at 21:05.  Gordon Richards was the observer
for the evening.
Comments:Much better night than I would have thought from the forecast, but we
were still plagued by clouds all night.
Gordon
Forecast:(4:30am)
.TODAY...FAIR TO PARTLY CLOUDY SKIES. SCATTERED AFTERNOON
THUNDERSTORMS.
.TONIGHT...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS THIS EVENING...OTHERWISE PARTLY
CLOUDY.
.SATURDAY...FAIR TO PARTLY CLOUDY SKIES AND A LITTLE WARMER. A SLIGHT
CHANCE OF AFTERNOON THUNDERSTORMS.
(* means a trouble report has been issued or appended to)
                               FOCUS LOG
                             AUGUST 13, 1998
                Best     Telescope               Wind                 Seeing
Time   Inst     Focus     Az    El   Temp#      Dir  MPH     filter   FWHM "
21:45  DIS    +525(7269) 79.8  43.8 12.0/13.7  73.8  20.6     empty
***used slit viewer to focus, changed focus to 0 at 23:00*****
# The first temp is air, the second is truss, both in degrees C.
                                 WEATHER
                             AUGUST 13,  1998
                                 Wind
    Time   Temp F Dewp.   MPH.    Dir.       DUST     Sky         Precip.
     16:01    59    41      8    78  (ENE)    271  partly cloudy   none
     17:01    60    43     11    45  (NE)     286  light clouds    none
     18:01    59    43     10    46  (NE)     281  light clouds    none
     19:01    58    44      1    22  (NNE)    308  light clouds    none
     20:01    55    43     21    63  (ENE)    299  light clouds    none
     21:01    54    44     20    54  (NE)     247  light clouds    none
     22:01    54    43     22    70  (ENE)    308  partly cloudy   none
     23:01    53    43     15    53  (NE)     368    clearing      none
     00:01    53    44     14    53  (NE)     309  light clouds    none
     01:01    53    43     26    71  (ENE)    374  partly cloudy   none
     02:01    52    43     15    56  (NE)     392  partly cloudy   none
     03:01    52    44      0    67  (ENE)    385  partly cloudy   none
     04:01    51    43     10    44  (NE)     409  partly cloudy   none
     05:01    51    41      7    66  (ENE)    463  light clouds    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: 2.42a
Current guide software version:GIm Ctrl v3.0b 15.out
-Tia