From: "Camron Hastings"
Subject: 3.5-meter Night Log 980915
Date: Wed, 16 Sep 1998 04:14:28 -0600
			     Tuesday, September 15th 1998
			     APACHE   POINT  OBSERVATORY
				 3.5-Meter Observing Log
                                 ACTUAL
ASTRONOMER      OBSERVER(S)      INSTRUMENT     DATE     START  FINISH
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M.Strauss	    X.Fan            DIS           9-15/16   20:32  01:10
N.King          N.King           DIS           9-16      01:10  05:25
 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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PU02/R     20:32  01:10    0    0   4.6   0    0    0     0    0    0
NM03/S     01:10  05:25    0    0   1.9  2.4   0    0     0    0    0
				      ACTIVITY LOG
	The telescope did not open this evening due to rain, hail, low
dew point depression at times, and high humidity. Xaohui Fan was a
trooper, as he has been weathered out the last few days, and Nicole
King, on site from NMSU, was also understanding of the weather.
	Al Diercks and crew showed up from UW today with the better,
faster, stronger SPIcam! They hope to have it reassembled and tested
within the next few days, hopefully we can be back on the sky with it
by the weekend or sooner.
	I would also like to mention that one of the fiber optic cables
coming off of DIS is kinked in a pretty harsh way. The wire group is
wrapped and taped, and I thought it best if Craig or someone takes a
look to see if it is OK. It seems that it has exceeded the minimum
radius of curvature recommended.
				      FOCUS LOG
                         September 15th 1998
                 Best     Telescope   Temp      Wind           Seeing
Time   Instrmt   Focus     Az  El   Air/Truss   Dir MPH  filter  FWHM"
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           -----------    No Focus Data This Evening  --------
                              WEATHER LOG
                          September 15th 1998
                                  Wind
     Time   Temp-F Dewp-F MPH   Direction    Dust      Sky      Precip
    ------------------------------------------------------------------
     16:01    52    49     30    77  (ENE)    332     Cloudy     Rain
     17:01    50    44     24    70  (ENE)    266     Cloudy     None
     18:01    58    41      8    66  (ENE)    274     Cloudy     None
     19:01    57    38     10    46  (NE)     350     Cloudy     None
     20:01    52    45      7    11  (N)     2567     Cloudy     None
     21:01    53    47      6    98  (E)      447     Cloudy     Rain
     22:01    52    46     14    95  (E)      406     Cloudy     None
     23:01    51    47      8    89  (E)      510     Cloudy     None
     00:01    51    47      9    84  (E)      587     Cloudy     None
     01:01    50    47     10    82  (E)      691     Cloudy     None
     02:01    50    46     16    75  (ENE)    744     Cloudy     None
     03:01    50    46      9    84  (E)      866     Cloudy     None
     04:01    50   104      4    86  (E)      784     Cloudy     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: 2.42
Current guide software version: GIm Ctrl v3.0b 15.out