Date: Sun, 14 Mar 1999 06:24:02 -0700 (MST)
From: Russet McMillan
Subject: 3.5m Night Log 990313
                         SATURDAY MARCH 13, 1999
                         APACHE POINT OBSERVATORY
                              OBSERVING  LOG
                                                          ACTUAL
ASTRONOMER      OBSERVER(S)        INSTRUMENT   DATE   START FINISH
York             Richards             DIS     3/13-14  19:32 00:10
Strauss          Strauss, Fan         DIS       3/14   00:10 04:53
 INST        SCHEDULED     WEATH     EQUIP      OBS    DAY   NOTUSED
I/RS/DN    START FINISH   D    B    D    B    D    B   USE   D    B
UC01/R     19:32 00:10   0.5   -    0    -   4.1   -    0    0    -
PU01       00:10 04:53    0    0    0    0   4.0  0.7   0    0    0
(note: times listed include instrument change time)
                              ACTIVITY LOG
(* means a trouble report has been issued or appended to)
Observing specialist: Russet McMillan
The night was clear and largely uneventful.  We had to close from
22:30 to 23:00 due to high wind gusts, but they died down again.  I
did encounter two previously-observed problems with the DIS PC on
setup: firstly, when rebooted it would show the AMIBIOS setup window
instead of booting itself (this could not be a battery problem, since
the machine was never actually off); secondly, there was one
occurrence of the failure to write images to disk, which required that
the PC be rebooted, causing a recurrence of problem #1 . . . Craig
Loomis has been informed of these difficulties.  Once we were on the
sky, DIS behaved admirably.  The telescope pointing was almost *too*
good, with target objects frequently coming up under the slit.
                            OBSERVER COMMENTS
G. Richards (UC01):
Except for losing 30 minutes due to high winds, things
went like clockwork.
X.Fan (PU01):
It was a great night, wonderful data, absolutely no problems to report.
                                FOCUS LOG
                              MARCH 13 1999
						 Wind
Time   Inst        Focus     Az  El   #Temp    Dir  MPH  filt  FWHM "
19:05 slitcam  -130(5944)   -31  65  -0.4/0.0   16   22   --    --
00:30 slitcam   -50(6144)   121  36   0.5/-0.4  29   22   --    --
#First temp is air, second temp is telescope.
                                 WEATHER
                              MARCH 13 1999
                             Wind
     Time   Temp F Dewp F  MPH  Direction    Dust      Sky      Precip.
     16:01    35    18     13   302  (WNW)    304     clear      none
     17:01    32    18      7   312  (NW)     328     clear      none
     18:01    31    17      3    39  (NE)     345     clear      none
     19:01    31    15     17     8  (N)      315     clear      none
     20:01    31    13     14     5  (N)      318     clear      none
     21:01    31    11     13     2  (N)      401     clear      none
     22:01    33     3     23    17  (NNE)    752     clear      none
     23:01    33     4     11     1  (N)     1229     clear      none
     00:01    33     6     21    19  (NNE)    757     clear      none
     01:01    33     7     18    26  (NNE)    958     clear      none
     02:01    31    12      9    29  (NNE)    631     clear      none
     03:01    32    16     11     8  (N)      821     clear      none
     04:01    32    16     12    12  (NNE)    734     clear      none
     05:01    32    18     19    25  (NNE)    677     clear      none
     06:01    36     0     20    26  (NNE)    898     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.
- Russet McMillan