Date: Wed, 19 May 1999 06:10:02 -0600 (MDT)
From: Karen Gloria
Subject: 3.5-m obslog 990518
                           TUESDAY MAY 18, 1999
                         APACHE POINT OBSERVATORY
                              OBSERVING  LOG
                                                          ACTUAL
ASTRONOMER      OBSERVER(S)        INSTRUMENT   DATE   START FINISH
Strauss         Fan, Strauss          DIS     5/18-19  21:33 00:10
Diercks           Diercks            GrIm2      5/19   00:10 01:10
Krisciunas       Krisciunas          SPIcam     5/19   01:10 02:10
Wallerstein       Hughes             SPIcam     5/19   02:10 04:26
 INST        SCHEDULED     WEATH     EQUIP      OBS    DAY   NOTUSED
I/RS/DN    START FINISH   D    B    D    B    D    B   USE   D    B
PU01/R     21:33 00:10    -    0    -    0   0.6  2.0   0    0    0
UW01/R     00:10 01:10    0    -    0    -   1.0   -    0    0    -
UW02/S     01:10 02:10    0    -    0    -   1.0   -    0    0    -
UW09/S     02:10 04:26    0    -    0    -   2.3   -    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: K. Gloria
The telescope was opened at 18:00 MDT.  It was closed for a little
while for spectral cals.  I had to apply a 30 arcsec pointing
correction in azimuth at the beginning of the night.  A few additional
pointing corrections were required during the night.
Xiaohui Fan and Michael Strauss observed for
PU01 doing SDSS follow up observations.  The sky was fairly cloudy at
first, but it did clear up.  Unfortunately, the seeing wasn't very
good.  They did manage to get some good data, however.
2nd half observing specialist: K. Gloria
Alan Diercks observed with GrIm2 for UW01, which is a project in
conjunction with UW02.  Kevin Krisciunas observed on site with SPIcam
for UW02.  After Kevin, Joanne Hughes also observed on site with
SPIcam.  The seeing continued to be poor.  The guider was averaging
about 2.2 arcsec fwhm for much of the second half of the night.
                            OBSERVER COMMENTS
                                FOCUS LOG
                               MAY 18 1999
						 Wind
Time   Inst        Focus     Az  El   #Temp    Dir  MPH  filt  FWHM "
20:50 slitcam  + 50(6718)   152  55 12.3/13.0  126  21   none   1.8
21:50 guider   5322(6670)   184  58 11.3/12.1  119  16   none   1.8
23:25 slitcam  + 50(6666)   204  54 11.4/11.4  126  24   none   1.8
23:00 guider   2937(6663)   206  54 11.3/11.5  131  21   none   1.8
00:20 GrIm2       0(6636)    65  78 11.2/11.3  136  26    J     1.6
01:40 SPIcam   - 50(6392)   324  84 11.4/11.1  133  24    R     1.4
01:45 guider  -1191(6395)   316  83 11.5/11.0  144  22   none   1.7
02:20 SPIcam   - 60(6549)   283  40 11.3/11.2  137  24    y     1.9
#First temp is air, second temp is telescope.
                                 WEATHER
                               MAY 18 1999
                               Wind
     Time   Temp F Dewp F  MPH  Direction    Dust      Sky      Precip.
     16:01    67    26      1   264  (W)     1628    ptly cldy   none
     17:01    60    25     13   138  (SE)    1700    ptly cldy   none
     18:01    57    26     19   125  (SE)    1707    ptly cldy   none
     19:01    56    30     21   133  (SE)    1863    mstly cldy  none
     20:01    55    28     16   138  (SE)    1816    mstly cldy  none
     21:01    54    25     18   125  (SE)    1631      clear     none
     22:01    53    29     18   125  (SE)    1612      clear     none
     23:01    53    30     19   124  (SE)    1757      clear     none
     00:01    52    31     26   138  (SE)    1833      clear     none
     01:01    52    29     23   131  (SE)    1857      clear     none
     02:01    53    26     25   146  (SE)    1784      clear     none
     03:01    52    26     20   147  (SSE)   1795      clear     none
     04:01    52    22     24   144  (SE)    1615    ptly cldy   none
     05:01    51    21     18   137  (SE)    1633    ptly cldy   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: 2.55b5.  Current
guide software version: GIm Ctrlv3.0b17.
- Karen Gloria