From: Russet McMillan
Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20000105
Date: Thu,  6 Jan 2000 06:41:58 -0700 (MST)
                         WEDNESDAY JANUARY 05, 2000
                         APACHE POINT OBSERVATORY
                              OBSERVING  LOG
							    ACTUAL
ASTRONOMER	OBSERVER(S)	INSTRUMENT	DATE	START	FINISH
Turner		Deglman		SPIcam		01/05	18:09	18:47
Frieman		Richards	DIS	     01/05-06	19:12	00:10
Szkody		Szkody		DIS		01/06	00:10	06:09
 INST	    SCHEDULED	   WEATH     EQUIP      OBS     DAY   NOTUSED
I/RS/DN    START FINISH    D   B     D   B     D   B    USE   D   B
PU05/O	   18:09 19:00	   0   -     0   -    0.8  -     0    0   -
UC07/R	   19:00 00:10     0   -     0   -    5.2  -     0    0   -
UW01/R	   00:10 06:09	  1.5  -     0   -    4.5  -     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: Deglman
The telescope was opened at 16:30 under clear skies.  Service observing
was performed for PU05.  The NA2 guider failed to cool properly due to a
broken wire in the rotator.  It's use was discontinued.  Gordon Richards
performed UC07 with DIS.  The guiding was done manually using the DIS
slitviewer to provide offset information.
2nd half observing specialist: McMillan
Second half started out clear, with moderate winds and good seeing.
Clouds started moving in around 2:15, and the telescope was closed
from 2:45 to 4:15 because of clouds, but all other weather parameters
remained fairly constant.
Guiding by hand was fairly work-intensive, especially since we went
down to 4 airmasses in the SW facing near a 20 mph wind.  Some image
jumps were seen, but not as bad as what was reported with the echelle
a few nights ago.  When we returned to lower airmasses, the tracking
improved.
                            OBSERVER COMMENTS
Gordon Richards (UC07):
Things were reasonably productive given that I have not observed
in months.  We got a number of spectra.
However, as a public service, I'd like to encourage those of
you who (like me) have been putting off the IRAF upgrade, to
do it now.  IRAF has serious y2k problems -- you will need to
upgrade to v2.11.3  I had considerable trouble trying to run
v2.11.1.  (Though I haven't gotten v2.11.3 to work yet either!)
                                FOCUS LOG
			     JANUARY 05 2000
						 Wind
Time	Inst      Focus     Az  El   #Temp     Dir  MPH  filt  FWHM "
17:55	SPIcam	 25(794)   234	46  0.4/0.7   266   13	  g'   1.46
19:20	DISslit	 25(736)   119  53 -0.4/-0.2  268    9   none  1.8
01:25   DISslit 120                 0.4                  none  0.93
04:25   DISslit  25(675)   196  58 -1.2/-1.4  267   15   none  0.96
#First temp is air, second temp is telescope.
                                 WEATHER
                             JANUARY 05 2000
                               Wind
     Time   Temp F Dewp F  MPH  Direction    Dust      Sky      Precip.
     16:01    38     6     14   263  (W)       89      clear    none
     17:01    34     4     11   270  (W)      116      clear    none
     18:01    33     4     14   275  (W)      138      clear    none
     19:01    32     4     11   267  (W)      207      clear    none
     20:01    32     4     11   274  (W)      164      clear    none
     21:01    32     4     15   257  (WSW)    134      clear    none
     22:01    32     5     18   282  (WNW)    139      clear    none
     23:01    33     4     18   294  (WNW)    116      clear    none
     00:01    33     6     15   277  (W)       96      clear    none
     01:01    32     6     13   271  (W)      101      clear    none
     02:01    31     7      8   269  (W)      119    ptly cldy  none
     03:01    31     7     10   275  (W)      157    mstly cldy none
     04:01    30     6     13   264  (W)      148    mstly cldy none
     05:01    30     6     11   262  (W)      201     cirrus    none
     06:01    29     7      9   265  (W)      195     cirrus    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.  Current TCC
version: 2.2.1.
- Frank Deglman, Russet McMillan