MDM Observatory 1.3m Telescope Observer's Report for 2002 Nov 15

Observer(s): DePoy & Marshall
Institution(s): OSU

Instrument: 8K

Worked for 3 hours (off and on through the night)
Conditions were Photometric most of the night.
Problems were encountered, see the separate trouble report for details.

Seeing and Weather:
   High Winds all night.
   Beg: Clear, Winds High, variable seeing
   Mid: Clear, Winds High, variable seeing
   End: Clear, Winds High, variable seeing

Observing Summary:

High winds during much of the night. Seeing ranged from not great to very poor. Very clear and photometric though.

8K seems to fail once or twice per night. Fix requires power cycling of controller electronics and pushing of all reset buttons (both on the controller and on the communications boards in etna).

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Submitted on 2002 Nov 16 [10:19:18]