MDM Observatory 1.3m Telescope Observer's Report for 2000 Dec 01

Observer(s): Jules Halpern
Institution(s): Columbia U.

Instrument: Templeton Direct

Worked for 9 hours (all night)
Conditions were Non-Photometric most of the night.
Problems were encountered, see the separate trouble report for details.

Seeing and Weather:
   Clouds from 7pm until 1am.
   Beg: Seeing 1.2 arcsec, Patchy Clouds, Winds Calm
   Mid: Seeing 1.6 arcsec, Cirrus, Winds Calm
   End: Seeing 1.4 arcsec, Clear, Winds Calm

Observing Summary:

Got off to a bad start when I discovered that the instrument
shutter is stuck in the open position.  I observered all night
this way, with some pretty good results on GRB 050824.
However, the data can't be flattened.

Power glitched for a second, had to restart telescope power.

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Submitted on 2005 Aug 25 [5:50:50]