From: Russet McMillan
Subject: 3.5m Night Log 990708
Date: Fri,  9 Jul 1999 06:30:20 -0600 (MDT)
                          THURSDAY JULY 8, 1999
                         APACHE POINT OBSERVATORY
                              OBSERVING  LOG
                                                          ACTUAL
ASTRONOMER      OBSERVER(S)        INSTRUMENT   DATE   START FINISH
Ledlow          Ledlow,Miller        GRIM      7/8-9   22:35 23:50
York            Mallouris          Echelle      7/9      --   --
Turner          McMillan             DIS        7/9      --   --
 INST        SCHEDULED     WEATH     EQUIP      OBS    DAY   NOTUSED
I/RS/DN    START FINISH   D    B    D    B    D    B   USE   D    B
NM03/S     21:55  01:10  2.0   -    0    -   1.3   -    0    0    -
UC02/R     01:10  03:42  1.7  0.8   0    0    0    0    0    0    0
PU02/S     03:42  04:22   -   0.7   -    0    -    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
Cloudy weather kept us closed for most of the night, and made it
difficult to get decent data when we were open.  Aside from a brief
attempt during twilight, the telescope was only open from 22:35 to
23:50.  Much of that time was taken up by trying to focus GRIM through
patchy clouds.  Shortly after we closed again, a thunderstorm
approached from the south.  Although we didn't get any heavy rain, the
clouds and threat of precipitation kept us closed for the rest of the
night.
* The tertiary, newly fixed, was giving error messages every time the
autocollimation routine sent out a command.  When tested, it appeared
to move correctly both in rotation and in tip/tilt -- however, we
didn't have the opportunity to test it on the sky in the echelle
position, so it's still possible the tip/tilts were actually off.  At
NA2, the tertiary seemed fine on the sky.
                            OBSERVER COMMENTS
                                FOCUS LOG
                               JULY 8 1999
						 Wind
Time   Inst        Focus     Az  El   #Temp     Dir MPH  filt  FWHM "
23:00  GRIM      -50(6937)  217  57  16.8/17.4  191  18   J    1.4
#First temp is air, second temp is telescope.
                                 WEATHER
                               JULY 8 1999
                               Wind
     Time   Temp F Dewp F  MPH  Direction    Dust      Sky      Precip.
     16:01    68    47      3   236  (SW)    2130   mstly cldy   rain
     17:01    63    46      3    66  (ENE)   2188    ptly cldy   none
     18:01    66    42      8   276  (W)     1803    ptly cldy   none
     19:01    68    41      0   253  (WSW)   1884    ptly cldy   none
     20:01    63    45      2   121  (ESE)   1821   mstly cldy   none
     21:01    62    43      3   184  (S)     1950   mstly cldy   none
     22:01    63    43     11   192  (SSW)   1849    ptly cldy   none
     23:01    62    43     11   181  (S)     1844    ptly cldy   none
     00:01    61    44      9   187  (S)     1848    ptly cldy   none
     01:01    58    46      8   184  (S)     2037      cloudy   drizzle
     02:01    57    47      1   237  (WSW)   1932      cloudy    none
     03:01    56    46     13   175  (S)      790   mstly cldy   none
     04:01    60    42      0   302  (WNW)    580   mstly cldy   none
     05:01    58    45     10    15  (NNE)   1457    ptly cldy   none
     06:01    58    44     12    14  (NNE)   1386    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 Ctrlv3.0b27.
- RM