Date: Wed, 10 Feb 1999 07:27:10 -0700 (MST)
From: Karen Gloria
Subject: 3.5-m obslog 990209
                         TUESDAY FEBRUARY 9, 1999
                         APACHE POINT OBSERVATORY
                              OBSERVING  LOG
                                                          ACTUAL
ASTRONOMER      OBSERVER(S)        INSTRUMENT   DATE   START FINISH
Diercks          Diercks             SPIcam    2/9-10  19:07 00:10
Hoopes           Hoopes               DIS       2/10   00:10 05:28
 INST        SCHEDULED     WEATH     EQUIP      OBS    DAY   NOTUSED
I/RS/DN    START FINISH   D    B    D    B    D    B   USE   D    B
UW04/R     19:07 00:10    0    -    0    -   5.1   -    0    0    -
NM09/R     00:10 05:28    0    0    0    0   2.1  3.2   0    0    0
(note: times listed include instrument change time)
                              ACTIVITY LOG
(* means a trouble report has been issued or appended to)
1st half observing specialist: Karen Gloria
The telescope was opened at 17:15 MST.  Alan Diercks observed remotely
from UW.  The net ground to a halt during twilight flats as NMSU
networking attempted to switch over to vBNS.  Alan gave up trying to
take flats remotely and by the time I got SPIcam sorted out the sky
was getting dark.  We did manage to get some flats, though.  I took
data for Alan for a little while, until things improved.  After that
there were no problems.
The cloud camera images stopped updating when the net bogged down.
Although the scripts continued to run on marmot, the images never
resumed updating.
The pointing is still not so great.  I logged the pointing corrections
I did tonight.  In a few nights we may have enough data for a new
pointing model.  The collimation is needs adjusting as well.  Images
quickly become very astigmatic on either side of focus.
2nd half observing specialist: Karen Gloria
Charles Hoopes observed remotely from NMSU.  His workstation crashed
part way through his run, making it difficult for him to look at his
images.  He was still able to observe through his remark connection,
however.  Other than that, his run went smoothly.
                            OBSERVER COMMENTS
none yet
                                FOCUS LOG
                             FEBRUARY 9 1999
						 Wind
Time   Inst        Focus     Az  El   #Temp    Dir  MPH  filt  FWHM "
19:00 SPIcam  -200(6027)    171  70  5.2/6.1   188  15   V45   0.74
19:30 guider 52600(6027)    195  70  5.1/5.4   210  15    R    1.0
20:25 SPIcam  -240(6038)    123  48  4.7/4.8   202  15   B45   1.2
00:30  DIS    -150(6095)     42  76  5.4/4.5   244  14    r    1.3
#First temp is air, second temp is telescope.
                                 WEATHER
                             FEBRUARY 9 1999
                               Wind
     Time   Temp F Dewp F  MPH  Direction    Dust      Sky      Precip.
     16:01    47    16      3   257  (WSW)            clear      none
     17:01    47    17      6   262  (W)              clear      none
     18:01    42    14      7   199  (SSW)            clear      none
     19:01    41    14     15   201  (SSW)            clear      none
     20:01    40    15     15   203  (SSW)            clear      none
     21:01    40    17     15   206  (SSW)          scat clds    none
     22:01    41    17     11   196  (SSW)          scat clds    none
     23:01    41    15     10   227  (SW)             clear      none
     00:01    42    13     20   241  (WSW)            clear      none
     01:01    42    13     15   233  (SW)             clear      none
     02:01    41    14     14   226  (SW)             clear      none
     03:01    41    14     21   218  (SW)             clear      none
     04:01    43    15     20   206  (SSW)            clear      none
     05:01    42    15     25   217  (SW)             clear      none
     06:01    40    15     22   209  (SSW)            clear      none
     07:01    40    14     25   219  (SW)             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 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: 2.52
Current guide software version: GIm Ctrlv3.0b17.
- Karen Gloria