Date: Fri, 4 Feb 2000 07:04:37 -0700 (MST)
From: Frank Deglman
Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20000203
                         THURSDAY FEBRUARY 03, 2000
                         APACHE POINT OBSERVATORY
                              OBSERVING  LOG
                                                          ACTUAL
ASTRONOMER      OBSERVER(S)        INSTRUMENT   DATE   START FINISH
Krisciunas	Krisciunas	   SPIcam        2/3   18:33 19:33
Grebel		Karachentsev	   SPIcam      2/3-4   19:33 06:01
 INST        SCHEDULED     WEATH     EQUIP      OBS    DAY   NOTUSED
I/RS/DN    START FINISH   D    B    D    B    D    B   USE   D    B
UW07/R     18:33 19:33    0    -    0    -   1.0   -    0    0    -
UW08/S     19:33 06:01   1.1   -    0    -   9.4   0    0    0    -
(note: times listed include instrument change time)
                              ACTIVITY LOG
(* means a trouble report has been issued or appended to)
Observing specialist: Deglman
The telescope was opened at 17:05.  Kevin Krisciunas flat fielded and then
performed UW07 with SPIcam.  Dumbell-shaped (on the order of one and a
half arcseconds) stars were seen in some of the SPIcam frames, e.g.,
/export/images/lowz_sn/000203/sn1999gp.0004.fits.  Igor Karachentsev
performed UW08 on site with SPIcam.  Most of the later images showed the
"oscillation".  Tracking error was also evident in a lot of the images.
This cannot be avoided until the NA2 guider is back into service.  Closed
at 01:05 due to clouds.  Reopened at 02:11 to clear skies.  Monitored the
DIS fills.  They are occurring about every 40 minutes.  Focus on SPIcam
varied erratically later in the night.  It ranged by about 150 microns in
about one hour's time.  Flat fielding for UW08.  Closed at 06:50.
                            OBSERVER COMMENTS
                                FOCUS LOG
                             FEBRUARY 03 2000
                                                 Wind
Time   Inst        Focus     Az  El   #Temp    Dir  MPH  filt  FWHM "
18:30  SPIcam	+100(496)   206  60  6.7/7.5   186   10   V    0.76
19:10  SPIcam    +50(417)   205  60  6.4/6.8   198    8   V    0.79
02:50  SPIcam      0(327)   205  41  3.5/3.9   351    1   V    1.12
04:30  SPIcam   +125(395)   329  47  4.4/3.4   262    2   V    0.94
05:25  SPIcam    -30(194)   205  60  2.3/2.5   198    9   V    0.79
#First temp is air, second temp is telescope.
                                 WEATHER
                            FEBRUARY 03 2000
                               Wind
     Time   Temp F Dewp F  MPH  Direction    Dust      Sky      Precip.
     16:01    51     6     10   190  (S)       85     clear     none
     17:01    48    -2     17   187  (S)       34     clear     none
     18:01    45    -7     11   186  (S)       41     clear     none
     19:01    44    -7      5   191  (S)       29     clear     none
     20:01    43    -6      6   186  (S)       42     clear     none
     21:01    43    -5      8   250  (WSW)     24   hvy cirrus  none
     22:01    41    -4      7   225  (SW)      34     cirrus    none
     23:01    41    -4      7   218  (SW)      22     cirrus    none
     00:01    42    -3      5   276  (W)       41   hvy cirrus  none
     01:01    42    -4      6   330  (NNW)     29     cloudy    none
     02:01    41    -2      8   298  (WNW)     24     cloudy    none
     03:01    39     0      1     1  (N)       65     clear     none
     04:01    41     1      1   349  (NNW)     23     clear     none
     05:01    37     0      1   181  (S)       45     clear     none
     06:01    36     1      4   175  (S)       52     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: 2.55b5.
Current guide software version: GIm Ctrlv3.0b27.  Current TCC version
is 2.2.2.
- Frank Deglman